Romans 14:11-12 "As I live and breathe," God says, "every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will tell the honest truth that I and only I am God." So tend to your knitting. You've got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God.

The day will come when everyone on earth will stand before God and admit that He is the Lord of all.  That reality is out of our control.  We need to just keep on with our work and our walk with God.  It is not our responsibility to force people to know God, or to force a sense of justice on people… their day will come in God’s timing.

This verse in the message is sort of funny to me.  “So tend to your knitting…”  I’m going to take this verse personally, although I am a crocheter as opposed to a knitter.  Actually, I’m going to take this verse on behalf of women, because I don’t know any men who are knitters or crocheters.  The Lord is right, my hands are full!  Taking care of the day to day matters of raising my four kids, of building my friendships, of honing in on the future God has for me, and in the matters of my heart as a Christian.  I can’t afford to waste a single thought or breath in trying to dole out justice to people that I think deserve it.  My heart can’t take it either.  I am wise to let those people go, to let God have His way with them, to know that someday they will stand before God and answer for their lives. 

Lord I am so grateful that You are bigger than me.  That you can handle the things that I need to let go of.  That I don’t have to fix things or people or lives.  I’m so thankful that You don’t expect me to.