As I was on the way back to Rome this weekend for my friend Amanda's birthday celebration at Olive Garden, God decided to reveal something to me. I love how He can use those simple moments to explain huge truths to us that we might not normally understand.
I started thinking about how I almost wish Amanda hadn't planned a celebration so we could have a suprise party for her. I was thinking, "Wow! She would love that! She would feel so special and loved and have no idea it was coming!" But she already had a party planned so there was no need for a surprise party! I've done that every year too! I always plan a birthday party, but secretly wish I could have surprise party.
God started to speak to me in that moment and showed me how we do this very same things with our lives. We always want to have enough. No matter what it is, we're always doing whatever we can to make sure we have everything we ever want and need. Through all of our striving, we don't trust God. We trust ourselves and our works and our money and our bank accounts and we can function perfectly well without any sort of help from God.
But imagine this, what if we trusted God? What if we gave and surrendered all to Him? Even if that meant our bank account was incredibly low. Or we weren't able to buy the car we've always wanted. But instead we let God give us a "surprise party". We don't get to see just how incredible and good He is when we provide for ourselves. We've done it all! But when we trust God and give it all to Him, He is able to bless us in the most incredible and beautiful ways. He's able to surprise us in the little and big things and show us how much greater He is than we could ever imagine.
We feel so much more special and loved when we get a surprise party. Knowing that your friends were willing to put in that time and money to make you feel special is such a precious thing. But we won't ever get to experience that if we provide our own birthday parties.
God owes us absolutely nothing, but chooses to lavish His glorious unlimited resources on us because we are His children. We have earned nothing. We never could and never will. If we step out in faith and trust God to provide, He will give us surprise parties greater than we could ever imagine! Pretty cheesy, but wonderful nonetheless!
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