Plans

I love planning. I like having an idea of what is going to happen. I plan in my day to day life, and I especially try to plan ahead for the future. And I had a plan. When that plan backfired, I re-grouped and adjusted my plan. And you can guess what happened...

Dang, have my plans for my future crashed and crumbled around me. And went up in a big pile of smoke, leaving me feeling a little crispy. (IDK why I just had a cartoon scene just flash through my mind, but okay lol)

The places I thought I would be... the things I thought I would be doing... now I have realized that those things won't be. At least not in the time-table I had set.

See this verse Jeremiah 29:11 started taking over my thinking. "For I know the plans I have for you... plans for good and not for evil... to give you a future and a hope."

I've been trying to live by that verse. But it is NOT easy.

Lately, I've been slipping back into my desire to plan and *ahem* control my life.

HA. HA. (That's what God says.)

He knows just how well this has worked for me before.

Today, after a weekend of some major pouting, He threw a couple verses at me.

"Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will help you." - Psalm 37:4-5

As if that wasn't enough...

"The Lord says, 'I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.'" -Psalm 32:8

Ok… think I got the point.

• Gotta delight in the Lord
• Gotta commit it all to Him
• Gotta trust Him
• Gotta let Him guide and advise

Okay, those are easy to say, hard to do. But why on earth should I do them?

See, God knows my desires better than I do. He knows how I long to feel appreciated and loved. He knows how I long to someday have a family (ain't ready for kiddos yet LOL, I like my sleep), how I long to have a good job, how I long to do what's right, ETC. He knows it better than I do.

So why the heck is it so hard to trust Him with it?

Probably pride. I want to plan it. I want to do it. I don't want to lean on anyone else to figure it out for me. I don't want to give up control.

>>>>CONTROL<<<<

Ugh. I have to give up control?!? SERIOUSLY!?!?!?

Take it from me... giving up control is hard. It might suck at first and feel like nothing is going right. But God's got a plan.

I've experienced it before. When I give up control and I trust, great things happen.

Have I done it all the time?

Heck no.

Have I done it well?

Hahahhahahah NOPE.

But in the end, if I finally give something up, God will work it all out for the best.

Got something you need to give up control over and trust God with? A situation at school? At work? Some type of relationship? Money? Good news is whatever it is, if you pray and ask God to help you, He will. But you have to be sincere. Don't forget that part. ;)

Here's a little prayer that might help get you started:

God, thank you that you love me and care about all the details of my life. Thank you that you are always there and know things I could never know. Thank you for having everything under control so I don't have to worry about ___________________ anymore. Help me to trust you with it, and let it go. I know You'll work it out better than I could anyways. Thanks Lord. In Jesus' Name, Amen

I hope this helped and encouraged someone.

Remember:

• Give up control.
• Give your desires to the Lord.
• Commit your life to Him and all you do in it.
• Trust that He will guide and watch over you and advise you in the way you need to go.