Getting There: I Know So Little

Why do we think we know so much?

When we give our lives to the Lord and seek his will, sometimes we have a preconceived idea of what he has in store.  My preconceived ideas of his will for my life are big in my own mind, but they are always somehow connected to what I have always been.  It's refreshing to realize he wants to do something new, something outside of where I have traveled before.

The word says, we do not know and we cannot comprehend all that he has planned for us.

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind can conceive; what the Lord has in store for those who love Him."  
                                                                           -1 Corinthians 2:9

The Lord has been showing me things and revealing truths to me on a daily basis for the past week.  But he is also showing me how much I DO NOT know.  If only I would surrender all of my preconceived thoughts even as they pop up throughout my day.

We are so controlling.

But now that I am realizing his ways are so much higher than my ways, I am excited about the things I DO NOT know.  I have always heard this, and thought I completely understood it, until now.  There are things he wants from me that I have not even scratched the surface of... not only the things I haven't thought up yet, but the events and hopes that will enter my life by the power of His mighty hand.  Those moments that happen without me having to do anything.

Instead of worrying and fretting about where my life will lead and letting it control me; my desire is to pursue greatness, and do my best with what He has given me.  There are dreams in our hearts, and when nurtured and not deprived they will flourish.  

We cannot allow our preconceived ideas of where He has us going to detour us from what He is really wanting us to accomplish 
as we are traveling and "getting there".  

The truth is surrender takes a lot more work than just saying, "Lord, I surrender to your will."  There are thoughts we have to face head on in our daily lives.  There are emotions we have to control in order to maintain a stable mind.  There are tough assignments, biased teachers and bosses, but we are still called to pursue MORE.

There are offenses we have to work through, and people to forgive.  We have to forgive ourselves, and sometimes that is the hardest.

We have all been offended, or knocked down on the playground.  But we need to stand up and dust ourselves off and begin nursing our dream.  By giving life to our dream with hard work, feeding it what it needs to be healthy and thrive...we will see our dreams become a reality.

It is so much easier to nurse a grudge or an offense.  This offense will tie itself around your ankles.  Although you have stood up and have full intentions of moving forward, the offense will continue to trip you up if you don't cut off the life you are feeding it.  When you nurse your grudge you are depriving your dream of everything it needs to survive, much less flourish.

But know that nurturing takes work.  Work takes tenacity, and tenacity takes patience.  This life is a process, a journey in which we do not arrive overnight.  But rather, we arrive at the right moment He intended if we do not give up.  We are called to nurture the good, and starve the bad.

"But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded." 
                                                                            -2 Chronicles 15:7