"The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?"
Proverbs 20:24 (NLT)
A friend gave me this verse about 2 months ago and told me that this IS my life verse. I laughed but when I read it, it was so true...I am a planner, I like to be in control, I like to KNOW what comes next. I like people to tell me what I'm in for so that I can make the BEST choice...This "walking by Faith" thing sucks for people like me...I NEED the "sight" so that I know where I am going and can plan accordingly.
But you see this way of living as I have been doing causes me to analyze and over analyze and analyze to death decisions that need to be made, things people say to me or do to me and even the way I conduct my own self...I get anxious and worry and quite frankly I get exhausted...
The last few weeks I have been in prayer over this. I asked the Lord to teach me what it means to trust Him and not to worry...because I do. I worry about EVERYTHING! And that is NOT a characteristic of a woman who fears the Lord.
Its funny when we ask the Lord to do something, He REALLY does it. He has been placing me in situations where I NEED to trust Him, He has allowed circumstances in my life to make me live out this "trusting in Him". Quite often this Hymn comes to mind:
"Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey..."
It has been a sort of anthem in my heart.
So I am learning to trust in my Savior. Not just with the BIG things (like my salvation and life) but also the little things in my daily life. It so goes against my controlling, analytical nature but that is the beauty oof walking with Christ. I am no longer a slave to who I have been...I am NEW! The Holy Spirit living inside me daily molding me into the image of Christ, God is doing a mighty work in my life. Sometimes it is painful, sometimes it is really hard (going against the grain of my very being...) but it is a marvelous work!!!
I end saying:
"Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word, just to rest upon His promise; just to know, thus saith the Lord. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I've proved Him o'er and o'er! Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! Oh, for GRACE to trust HIM more!!"
May this be the NEW anthem of my life!
