Don’t Let Chaos In

Whatever the storm is—it begins outside of you. But it doesn’t want to stay outside. It’s looking to get in. Into your head. Into your heart.

But don’t miss this: the fact that chaos wants in means it can’t get in without your permission. Someone can knock on your front door. But you choose whether to let him into your home. You’d never let a stranger in if you sensed they wanted to do harm.

Yet we do that all the time with chaos. We let it in.

Consider the disciple Peter when he was in the boat with Jesus. He desperately wanted to walk on water. He initiated the process. But then he shifted his gaze from Jesus before him to the chaos below him. Once Peter let chaos in, he started to sink.

Jesus didn’t hesitate. He reached down and grabbed his hand. Then he said, “Faint-heart, what got into you?” (Matthew 14:31 MSG)

Did you catch what Jesus asked? “What got into you?” In other words, it wasn’t Peter but the fear he let in. In so many things in our lives, it’s not us but what we let in. Something happens at work or with your finances. Perhaps it’s a health issue. Or a crisis with one of your children. Maybe you’re dealing with all these categories simultaneously. These are the external issues swirling around you. But they remain outside of you unless or until you let them in.

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