Sometimes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart... ~Prv. 3:5
I do this....sometimes. The rest of the time I try to make my own plans and of course one of two things happens. Either the plan fails or I get what I want and realize I had no idea what I need. "Trust in the Lord", it sounds easy but its not. I have this inner desire to take control and make things happen ( the curse of a Type A personality). Rushing things, forcing things, trying to logically deduce why "God wants this for me."
What a wonderful thought to just relax and let God work. Why don't I do it? All the time.
Being stressed all the time or planning things that don't work out is not portraying to the world the strength, joy, and assurance that the Lord provides.
Favorite Verse: "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." ~ Rm. 12:2
Actually I guess I don't have a favorite verse, but that one has been extremely powerful for me over the last year.
I don't want anything that God doesn't want for me. Instead of petitioning for things that I have planned I need to pray that God removes my desires and fills me with His will for my life and patience to wait for that. I know that what God has planned for me is greater than all the things I could imagine for myself and I don't want to ruin that.
God, I pray that you will shield me from my impatience and desires that will not help me grow toward your goal. "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus"
~ Php. 3:14
I do this....sometimes. The rest of the time I try to make my own plans and of course one of two things happens. Either the plan fails or I get what I want and realize I had no idea what I need. "Trust in the Lord", it sounds easy but its not. I have this inner desire to take control and make things happen ( the curse of a Type A personality). Rushing things, forcing things, trying to logically deduce why "God wants this for me."
What a wonderful thought to just relax and let God work. Why don't I do it? All the time.
Being stressed all the time or planning things that don't work out is not portraying to the world the strength, joy, and assurance that the Lord provides.
Favorite Verse: "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." ~ Rm. 12:2
Actually I guess I don't have a favorite verse, but that one has been extremely powerful for me over the last year.
I don't want anything that God doesn't want for me. Instead of petitioning for things that I have planned I need to pray that God removes my desires and fills me with His will for my life and patience to wait for that. I know that what God has planned for me is greater than all the things I could imagine for myself and I don't want to ruin that.
God, I pray that you will shield me from my impatience and desires that will not help me grow toward your goal. "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus"
~ Php. 3:14
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