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You Have What You Need, So Use It
Wes Schaeffer
August 30, 2018
From today’s reading…
…that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge,…”
You have what you need to thrive and succeed. But sometimes that’s not enough.
Sometimes we go “wilder,” from the 1684 verb that referred to leading someone into the woods and getting them lost.
The word “bewilder—to confuse hopelessly; befuddle; puzzle,” comes from it.
On page 165 in “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why” by Laurence Gonzales, he addresses the impact getting lost can have on us.
As far back as 1873, psychologists referred to “a state of confusion that can beset people in the wilderness” as “woods shock.”
‘Woods shock’ is a term for the fear associated with complete loss of spatial orientation,” Kenneth Hill told me. “None of the rational abilities that the victim had before being lost are useful to him anymore.” In severe cases, the actions of even the most experienced outdoorsman can seem inexplicable. Hikers have abandoned full backpacks; hunters have left their guns behind.”
In other words, knowledge is worthless if you panic. With God as your co-pilot, why panic? Just…
Stay the course. Keep the faith. Endure.