I have been constantly watching as God has been doing some AMAZING work in my life. Recently I have been releasing my grip on life and realizing that I cannot control everything. I am learning to let God take the lead. I wish I could say that this is easy and that I have it down pat, but I can’t. It is a hard lesson to learn but since I have been praying that God intervene and help me loosen the grip, I see Him working. Taking this leap of faith of listening to God when I felt like He was throwing me into this trip has really opened my eyes to what God can do if we hand our worries and fears over to Him. I have been overcome with trust that everything will be alright.
God has a way of shaping us, or in my case convicting me. Over the last year, God has been convicting me of many of my sins I am carrying and this journey isn’t easy.
I listened to Charles Stanley recently and he said that God’s toolbox is not made out of velvet. It does not contain soft brushes and delicate powder puffs. God’s toolbox has chisels, hammers, sand paper, drills and heavy duty caulk to fill our voids. It takes tough tools to build us up into the Christians we are meant to be. I really liked this analogy because it is so true. God’s work is not easy and it is not always fun. But what I have come to realize is how grateful I am for His presence in my life. How thankful I am for all those hard and terrible times I went through to make me who I am. Pain is an instrument of change.
But God is an awesome God. In many cases I need to step back, stop and breathe. God has a lesson in every moment and the more I look to him the more I see his messages and lessons he has for me. Charles Stanley said “God is sanding and sifting me for His work.” And I think that is exactly what He is doing.
