Sometimes I wonder why it is so easy for me to accept God’s love and forgiveness but so hard for me to completely surrender my will to His. This is something that I struggle with on a daily basis. I know that each time I attempt to take matters into my own hands and futilely devise a "solution" to whatever problem I am facing, I am choosing to not trust God and the fact that He has a perfect plan for my life. I think my resistance to surrender is also an issue of patience (more specifically, a lack thereof) and the failure to remember and accept that God’s timing is very different from my own. I really want to start trusting God completely with all aspects of my life, especially the ones that seem the most uncertain to me right now. I know that by doing this I will get closer to God, and my faith will become stronger and continue to grow. My prayer for everyone today is for the ability to trust and fully believe that God is in complete control of your life and all of the circumstances in it.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6
Bobby McFerrin may have told us not to worry back in the 80s, but long before that, Jesus said the same thing!
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Matthew 6:25-27
Don't worry. Just breathe. God is in control. It is going to be OK. He will supply all of our needs. He has already promised us this! : )
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