For the longest time I wanted things done MY way and always did everything I could to achieve that. To some extent that's good, but I never knew how to surrender to the Lord's plan and let Him work in my life on my behalf. I was in relationships I wasn't supposed to be in and only delaying His perfect plan for me because of stubbornness and impatience. If I would have done things my own selfish way, I would have ended up with the wrong person, living a miserable life only liking the idea of the way I had planned my life out. I was living in sin and compromising things I knew to be wrong all because I didn't want to wait on Him, I wanted it NOW. Nothing was right, nothing was working out, nothing was beautiful. It was NOT yet time. Once I finally surrendered to God's plan for my life was when it all started to fall into place. He didn't leave me lonely like I feared He would if I didn't have control. I found where I was supposed to be, what I was passionate about, and the most loving, kindhearted, and perfect man for me.
As I move into new stages and seasons of life, I STILL have to learn to wait everyday. My most recent example was waiting on a job. I feared I wouldn't find one, but I had to surrender that to Him and it fell into place at the perfect time.
Now I don't mind it (as much) because I've learned how to surrender my plan to His plan. Even though it's not fun, and it's not NOW nor what I had in mind, it's necessary because it's THE BEST. He knows best and the hardest part is surrendering and being in the waiting.
These are a few of my favorite verses for those times when I find I start to get ahead of God's plan and timing...
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11
I love this one so much because it shows the beauty of waiting. Everything is made BEAUTIFUL in its time and I know that I want the most beautiful, perfect plan that God has set before me. I know to get that, I MUST surrender and wait on HIS perfect timing.
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