I hope you will forgive my James Bond antithesis in the title, I have chronic play on words condition that hasn't gotten better with age. For those non-Bond readers, the original James Bond always requested his martini "Shaken not stirred." The negation of that quote, however dry (pun not intended but unavoidable), makes a valid point of debunking Bond's total self-reliance and advancing a biblical God-dependent thesis.
In the Bond genre, everything, regardless of how bad it looks, will be ok because 007 is so resourceful. Whatever the problem, however desperate the situation, he has a plan, the skills and the technology to overcome it.
In real life, there are times and circumstances that overcome us, leave us beaten and bruised - exhaust our personal resources. In real life, we need help, we need God. When we face our problems alone, our problems gain traction while we lose footing. As we highlight them, our focus is on the problem and our solution gets distorted. An increase in anxiety and decrease in peace tends to be the result.
There is a better way: Focus on the Solution: "I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken" (Ps 16:8). Instead of being shaken by circumstances, we can be stirred by Christ, knowing that the end is secure, that he will bring light into the darkness and good out of the evil. When our focus is on Him, peace falls on us. Jus' Sayn.
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