God has a good and pefect plan for my life, but sometimes I get in the way of that. Everything in my life is taken care of, and things will happen in God's timing, but sometimes I think I need to help. I'll just pick up some area of my life that I feel like God's not working on at the moment, and start trying to take care of it myself. In reality, of course, He's already taken care if it, and when I come in, I just mess it all up.
God has given us free will and the ability to make our own choices. He's laid out the choices that He wants us to make, because they lead to good things, but the wrong choices are still there. There have been several times that I have made the wrong choice, and often I make to same or similar wrong choices.
Recently, I decided to just pick up an area of my life and try to handle it on my own. This area is one that I've tried to handle a few times before. It doesn't ever end well. Looking back, I feel like God was probably watching me saying, "No. Child. I've got this under control. Remember what happened last time? I don't want you to go through that again. It's going to hurt you. I have something better for you. Just wait."
But I didn't listen. I went with what I thought was best. I tried things my way. In the end, it did hurt. Luckily, God caught my attention before I messed things up too bad. He stopped me before I was in too deep and the pain could hurt me like it has before.
Even though I tried to mess up the perfect plan God has for me, when I came back to God and let go of that area of my life, He welcomed me with open arms. God doesn't want to see us hurt. He wants to see us happy. He wants us to trust Him. He wants us to rest in His goodness.
There are times when part of God's plan requires that we take action, but we have to listen very carefully to know when these times are, and what areas they are. We need to follow God's instruction on what we should do.
Maybe I'm not the only person who has ever done this. If you're currently trying to "help God out" by taking control of something that God has already taken care of, then I hope this post has somehow helped you. If not, maybe you've done this before and you can understand. If you've never done this before, then I hope this helps you to never make this mistake. Trusting God completely means letting go of your life.
Hope you enjoyed my random middle-of-the-night-thought. Now I'm going back to sleep.
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