So ever since I committed to going on the World Race, my stresses have been growing like crazy, and my time is disappearing. I feel like I’m the ball on one of those mazes where you have to tilt the base to get the ball to move to the end without going in the holes.
Everything seems all crazy right now. Out of sync…unexpected…and totally disrupting my awesome life plan. And by awesome I mean boring. See, God’s plans are always better. While I was aiming for hole #4, He has plans for me to go much further…all the way to the end. The tipping back and forth isn’t a sign of things out of control, rather, it’s God working His magic, which will actually get me where I need to be.
I have to remember this when I feel stressed out. Actually, it’s probably just my perception anyway. My days aren’t really that bad. That’s how satan works, after all. By putting thoughts into our heads. He likes to plant little seeds telling us we’re not good enough, God’s grace won’t cover that, God could never use someone like you. All lies. Because God’s grace is more than enough to cover it, Christ made me good enough, and God uses people like me all the time. But in order for God to use me I have to give Him control…every day.
I wonder if satan is under the delusion that I’ll give up on God if my life gets difficult, or stressful, or uncomfortable. Should I take back control because God’s way looks too hard? Should I just give up and stay home because God might actually have to show up in my life to make His plan work? Hardly! If nothing else, my day to day struggles are preparing me to put more of my trust on God than I ever have before.
“More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” -Romans 5:3-5
God definitely knows what He’s doing and He’s the one I’m determined to follow. Stressful days or not. During the good, the bad, and especially the ugly…I’m going to be about my Father’s business.
What about you? Are you ready to let God take control?
