Lean in

Don was explaining, in more detail than I cared about, how the bench saw worked. The motor had stalled and overheated, and he was puzzling out the reason. He’d just realised that perhaps the guide had shifted slightly, so that when he pressed the long bit of wood hard against it, the saw itself was having to work extra hard to go against the grain of the wood, rather than with it. The motor may have overheated as a consequence, and stopped working.

Jesus is the guide who never shifts. We are never thrown off square when we lean in to him. We do not have to work extra hard at life. When we press hard against him, we can go through our challenging, painful times, held secure in his peace that passes understanding. That peace only comes from him. We can’t work it up. We can only lean in.