Being able to trust in God fully despite our circumstances is something I think we all struggle with. I know it's something I personally struggle with on a daily basis. I want to take things into my own hands, to make sure they are taken care of when I think they should be, and how I think they should be done. That's not what God has for me though. He wants me to move in complete faith and trust.
It's a whole lot easier said than done, as I have found out.
Sure, I packed up all my stuff and moved to Gainesville last minute because God provided a way like He said he would. And sure, I'm living down here praying for God to provide in His timing (which can be a scary prayer to pray, trust me), and not seeing anything coming through. But I still feel like I'm fighting for control. I'm still trying to do things in MY power, not God's.
Something needs to change.
And here's what I'm going to do about it. I'm going to start each and everyday dedicating my day to God. I'm letting him take the drivers seat and take me wherever the HECK he wants. Do I know what that's going to look like? I sure don't. Does it scare me at all? It sure does. But God's got this under control. I'm His child, His son, and He loves me. He doesn't want to see me crash and burn. He will provide as I need provision.
So here's my challenge to you.
Dedicate each and every day to God. Give it up to Him. Let him guide your day, from the streets you turn down to get wherever you are going, to where you eat lunch that day, to the words you speak to people. I can promise you that when you give that all to Him, crazy things will happen. God will put people into your path for you to encourage, pour into, and bless, and even put people in your path to encourage, pour into, and bless YOU.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm, plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you will call upon and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:11-13).
