“Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 7: 24-25
So… I think its pretty safe to say, as human as I am; I like control (I mean who doesn’t). I like being in some kind of control of what may happen to me, because let’s be honest the unknown can seem scary even though it shouldn’t be. So lately, I’ve been thinking about this “control”. It’s just not gonna happen for me. The Lord doesn’t intend for me to control every aspect of my life because this life isn’t mine and it never was… I can’t know everything that’s going to happen a step before it actually does. Why would I even need to? With fundraising and starting this crazy journey the Lord has led me to, I’ve really had to have a whole other level of faith and set aside my want of control.
A pretty good shove towards Jesus (SO intentional), if I do say so myself!
I had been really stressed about financially being ready for the World Race. I’ve said it before, but I am always reminding myself “Why would the Lord lead you to this without providing the means?” Its so silly of me to be worrying about this when I think about it like that! BUT then, my devotional the other night was a WOW moment adding to my reminder. The answer to my “problem” is simple! It asked me, “Who’s going to be lord of your life? Who’s going to call the shots? You or Jesus?”
OH.
WOW what a (good) slap in my face… Who’s calling the shots? Who has ALWAYS called the shots? HE has! The Lord has the power that I am falling so short of… He’s helped me, He is helping me, and He will help me… The Lord has a path for me, building me to who He intended for me to be one step at a time, one experience at a time, with less and less of my so called “control”. Whether that be with fundraising, school, family, ANYTHING, God is good all the time… Something I’ve ALWAYS known, but a good slap to remind me just how great. Why stress and worry?! I’m always going to be learning, growing, moving forward, standing amazed with all that the Lord is doing in this world and in my heart. I’m an imperfect person walking with the Lord, trusting in Him and forever learning in my walk with Jesus. He is in control. He rescues me. He’s got me and that’s a pretty cool thing.
