"Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil. Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it."
Have you ever had one of those moments in the Word, when God gently, yet firmly, reminds you of His Truth. Oh my gosh! Did I ever have one this morning! I just finished a very long walk with a friend, and I thought of all of you during our conversation because I was trying REALLY hard as we walked and talked to NOT speak judgement over anyone, as we studied yesterday. Anyway, as I was processing some current situations in life, I felt the need to make some major decisions about my own life...right now! I became overwhelmed by the fact that not everything in my life has panned out the way I envisioned. I began to feel some anxiety about where things were headed...ooh, did satan have a good hold on me or what!? I felt a little better by the end of the walk knowing that I have done all that I can do in one particular situation, but my heart was still heavy. Then, I come home and crack open the Bible to see what God has to say to me today, and the verse above is next on the list! Wow.
So, why do we make plans about how things "are going to go"? In high school, I "knew" I was going to go to college, marry my current boyfriend as soon as I graduated college, then wait three years and start having kids, then stop working, and have a second and third kid soon after that. Hmm...well, I'm just about to turn 27. I did not marry that boyfriend. I didn't have one when I graduated, so no marriage then. I got married a few years later, and we are still not planning to have kids right now and I am still working. And all of those have been GREAT things! And none of them were in my Plan.
So, why do we do it? I think we all could say that we want to feel in control of our own destiny. We want to have a plan to follow so that we can attain what we want our destiny to be. Yet, our loving God says, "I know the plans I have for you...plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future" (Jer. 29:11). Why is it so hard for us to hand the keys of our life over to Him, or actually, to trust Him with the keys that He already has? I can say from experience that everything that He has ordained and allowed in my life HAS prospered me! And yes, some of it has hurt...a lot, but never has it brought me harm. He is faithful and trustworthy, friends. He has proved that time and time again. How has He proven Himself in your life? He is still that same God. Can you choose to trust Him with the current direction of your life today? I was reminded this morning...I can.
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