As much as we would like to think we are in charge of the direction our life takes, the ultimate truth is that God has already beat us to the finish. He must just sit up there laughing as we run from here to there everyday, believing we can change things, that we are in control. We try to figure out what to do, manage people and situations. We connive. We exert a great deal of energy doing this. It makes us feel productive and strong – until we finally realize we're going in circles. Still frustrated. Anxious. Angry. It has been said that if you want to make God laugh, tell Him YOUR plans.
We can make all the choices we want, and still keep running into that brick wall until we realize nothing we do or decide is going to change the path God has set before us. The answer to all of our choices is no. Buck it until we're exhausted, but the answer will still be no. God will not give up on us even though we hang on, insisting on doing it our way, steeling ourselves, protecting ourselves, too proud to ask for help, and too scared to trust that God really does have it covered.
When we finally collapse into a depleted heap, it is here, within the depths of our weakness, that we become strong. It is here we stop the foolish fretting and fighting. Our strength is manifested by making ourselves vulnerable to the spirit.
Since we're simply not going have it our way anyway, wouldn't just be simpler to wake up each morning and as we climb out of bed just say, "Well, God, what's up for today?" and then just go with it?
And so, as another day goes by, trusting God is not for whimps, and ….I have written.
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