I like to be in control of things in my life. However, it doesn’t always work out for me. Lately, I have been struggling with being in control and knowing where I am headed. The thing is I don’t knw, but that’s okay. God does know.
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Jeremiah 29:11-13
God knows where I will be in one hour or one year from now. His plans are for my good. They will definitly turn out better then anything I could do on my own. It seems that everywhere I look I see a verse or someone is talking about letting God be in control.
Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil.
James 4:13-16
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:105
When this verse was written lamps were not like a flashlight. The lamp would only light a small area. You could only see one or two steps in front of you. It was complete darnkess around you except for those few steps that were illuminated. I don’t need to know everything God has planned for me right now. I just need the next step and to know that He is in complete control, not me. The only I can do is just trust Him and follow Him, not try to make things work out my way. I have also had the song “Let it Go” by Tenth Avenue North stuck in head for about a week. Listen to Let It Go
