How do we know we are headed to the things of God? How do we know that we are making a difference for His Kingdom? When does it become completely clear that we are doing God’s will? I don’t have all the answers to these questions and there is a multitude of different answers that we could come up with. I feel that as it is stated in Jeremiah 29:11 that our purpose was already planned out before we were even born. That’s a hefty revelation for some especially when we all have our own plans and desires for our lives.
So many of us become Christians’ yet we still want to do it our way. We seem to think we have such a better way of doing things than God. For some reason we think that our plan is going to work so much better than God’s. May I take a moment to remind us that He is the creator of the UNIVERSE?! He is the director of our steps IF we allow Him to. As we go about trying to make our plans work, He waits patiently for us to reach the dead ends. He waits like a patient father waiting for a wayward child to come to their senses. He waits and waits until we figure out we just cannot do this thing called life on our own.
If I have learned anything in 43 years of life, I have finally grasped the idea of surrender. In order for me to know where to go next, I have to surrender my life. Yes, my WHOLE life, not just parts of it…ALL of it. Such a hard revelation at times. If I ever want to do anything for Jesus, I have to be aware of the fact that my life is not my own. It never was and I will never be able to put my own restrictions on it if I have said yes to Jesus. I am no longer at a crossroads in this area, especially after all the good things which have happened since I learned to apply the principle of surrender in my life. If I had not surrendered my marriage situation I would not be happily remarried right now and on the journey of a life time!
I encourage all of us to just surrender. Surrender your life. Surrender your will. Surrender your emotions. Surrender who you think you should be to God and see if He agrees. If we want to do anything for Jesus on this earth, we have to choose to stay surrendered to His plan for our lives. If we want to see people with healed hearts and renewed minds, we have to remain surrendered to God’s Plan, not our own.
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