My little bubble of security is like a guarantee that I won't be caught off guard.
It all seems so good to me.
Why can't I just get what I want?
Why can't my designs be fool proof?
Maybe it's because I was made for more.
More than a safe and secure life.
More than a bubble.
More than perfection.
More than my plans for myself.
John 3:30 says, "He must increase, but I must decrease."
HE must become greater, I must become less.
HE must be magnified, I must be microscopic.
I'm not here for me.
I'm here to proclaim the name of Jesus to all corners of the Earth.
I'm here to prepare the way of the LORD. Like John the Baptist - I'm here to give GLORY to the One who was and is and is to come.
I'm here to point others to the LORD of the universe.
How can my hopes/dreams/goals/plans be greater than that?
The thread of my life is being weaved in this magnificent tapestry. Do I trust the weaver even when I can't see the masterpiece he is creating?
There is freedom in that trust. There is joy in that faith. And there is life in the fullest way imaginable when I bow before Him and LET GO.
"Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart" [Psalm 37:4]
I think God is saying Rest in me. I think he sees how disappointed and tired we feel when we place our trust in ourselves.
And I think in this verse "delight" and "desire" are interchangeable.
What if it said:
"Desire the LORD, and He will be the delight of your heart."
That humbles me so much.
Because it doesn't say be a Christian and you'll always get what you want.
It says surrender yourself and dance before your King and your desire will be for Him.
What if I prayed the line in the Lord's prayer,
"Your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven,"
and really meant it?
What if I said "God this is what I want for me. But I trust in you so much that I am willing to let go of it. Because my heart knows that your way is better."
I think my life would change because I would be completely satisfied in letting Him have His way in me.
AWESOMENESS
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