🕯 THE STILL POINT #11
Holding the Tension Without Fixing It
Holding the Tension Without Fixing It
We’re trained to resolve things quickly.
Especially as leaders.
Name the problem.
Create the plan.
Move it forward.
But I’ve noticed how often Jesus resisted that pace.
People came with urgency.
Questions.
Pressure to act.
And sometimes, He stayed silent.
Not because He didn’t care.
But because not everything is meant to be fixed on arrival.
There’s a kind of wisdom that holds tension
without rushing it to closure.
We see it when Jesus asks questions instead of giving answers.
When He lets silence do some of the work.
When He allows discomfort to surface before clarity arrives.
I’m learning how uncomfortable that can feel.
Especially when others expect certainty.
Yet unresolved moments often reveal what’s underneath.
Fear.
Expectation.
The story we’re telling ourselves.
Fixing too quickly can bypass that truth.
Holding tension isn’t passivity.
It’s presence.
It’s staying with what is,
long enough for something deeper to be named.
Jesus didn’t hurry people past their questions.
He walked with them inside them.
Perhaps the invitation this week
is not to solve what feels unsettled.
But to remain with it.
Attentive.
Honest.
Open.
What tension in your life or leadership
might be asking to be held
rather than fixed right now?
"The invitation ... not to solve what feels unsettled ... "
That, above, has kept churning over since it caught my attention ...
So, what tension in any form of "leadership" in my life might be asking to be held rather than fixed ... ?
🤔, perhaps the tension of wanting to know the what-next ...
There's planning & there's worrying.
Planning says - this is how I am aiming to take action;
Worrying however, goes somewhat like this - "Oh no, but what if .... ?" - & immediately jams the wheels in the cogs that had been churning smoothly, jamming the system up & halting any action planned.
May Lord protect all of us🤍