"Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in Him, and He will act on your behalf."
-Psalms 37:5
We are all headed in a direction, I hope. The worst thing you can do is stop trying and become stagnant when there are so many things to live for. I like to think of my life as "requiring a seatbelt". I envision my future as exciting and full of joy and hope. I cling to His Word in the book of Jeremiah. "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans of good and not of evil... to give you a future and a hope."
To come to the realization that God has a plan, gives me peace to know that I don't have to. This thought scares "the planner". But I will be the first to admit to you that I am not a planner and anyone that knows me will tell you the same. Now, I love to plan parties and get togethers or how I will decorate my home. I absolutely love to plan lessons for my children and the children that we minister to every week. But I have learned that there is no way to know what tomorrow holds. We make our plans, but when we make plans and pray for the Lord's will in our lives simultaneously...they usually don't line up. I find that my plans are A LOT smaller than His plans. This truth makes me happy because I know that what He has up his sleeve is pretty cool stuff! I am down for whatever He has for me.
This is not easy for everyone. It wouldn't be easy for me except it was instilled into me at the age of 15 to "let go and let God". As soon as I laid my life down at His feet I was able to see clearly and live my life in a peace that passes all human understanding. After the dating scene in my teenage world... I completely surrendered my mind, will, and emotions to my creator. I would spend hours in my room with the door shut and music playing as I danced before my King. I wanted to be with Him so badly it hurt. When I met with Him... He met with me just as He promises.
I began to hold my head up and see things in a new light. It was at this time that I heard His voice audibly for the first time. To think... He spoke to me in my little bitty, closet sized bedroom to let me know that He loved me and His plans were so much greater than my own. It was then that I decided to sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride. I'm so glad I did! He has never left me. I have been through some of the darkest places imaginable, but His light showed me every step as I needed the knowledge.
Even though we need our seat belts on because the turbulence and high winds could take us out at any moment...His ways are higher. Even when we don't understand His decisions, we can have peace that He is the best pilot we could have and he knows the turbulence thats coming before it gets to us. He takes us higher...higher above all of the oncoming winds and storms. We see the storms, but we are not harmed. We just have to trust Him through it all.
We have a choice whether to trust and rely on Him...or to ignore Him and not give Him an entrance into our hearts and our worlds. When I ask Him to be a part of my day because I don't want to go through it alone my day goes smoothly and He enables me to accomplish what I have set out to do according to His will. He desires for my house to be clean, and my husband and children to be taken care of. There are some days when my list feels longer than could be humanly possible to complete. But on those days when I remember Him... He makes His glory known in my own little world. This is the life that I choose. I live for Him and all that it requires...even if it means requiring a seatbelt.
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