Let God Take Control!

Ok, God I get it, I've seen the final sign, this huge sign that says LET GOD ORDER YOUR STEPS!! This is the trending message I've been getting thru emails and signs over the last couple of weeks. It has been about following God's divine purpose and dying to my own desires. That's so interesting because a lot of times when we are praying, we are praying and asking God for EXACTLY what we want. Lord, please bless me with this new job, Lord let this home loan go thru, Lord let my man start acting right, Lord let my child get into this great college. Those are very familiar prayers for a lot of us...but I have to stop and reconsider, at the urging of the Holy Spirit, how do we know those above mentioned (and many other prayers) are in God's PERFECT will for our lives? I have to question that myself..I believe our lives would be a lot less complicated if our prayers turned to LORD, order my steps, Let YOUR will be done. That's tough, seems easy on the surface. But what about when you have a loved one on life support, or an unfaithful spouse, or a loved one being lost to the prison system, or a child who is confused about his or her sexuality or something that pulls at your every heart string..that's tougher to pray..but I believe that if we still pray that prayer, LORD let YOUR will be done in my life, in his life, in her life, things would start making a lot more sense or we would at least have more peace about the situations we are in, we will start to realize that it's all in God's hands, all I can do is expect the best, expect God's will . He will hear from Heaven and ordain the things that are perfect for each situation. It's not our job to judge but to pray, and it's so easy for us to look at the situation, diagnose the problem, and then go to our Creator for the cure, but sometimes God just wants us to watch HIM work, He wants us to be uncomfortable for just a little while, so that when we are brought out, when our loved ones are healed, saved and delivered, we all can BOW and realize WHO brought us out.

Our own personal diagnosis can sometimes make us feel like we don't need God, not consciously but subconsciously, less and less we connect to HIM and yearn for HIM, we just simply figure it out on our own, we may bow briefly (if we even bow) to consult with God and say ok, this is the problem and Lord here is the answer, so when you get a free moment, please fix it, make it right, I'm here waiting and then have the nerve to get mad when things don't turn out the way we had them in our minds, that's because we dont know the whole plan, thats because divinley we are no where close to having a clue as to what's the best outcome, not just for the NOW but for the bigger pciture. When instead it would be more beneficial if we would go before HIM and petition HIM, ask HIM for HIS guidance, ask HIM which way to go. Simply, ask Him to reveal HIS will, tell HIM that you are done trying to take control, you just want to stand and allow HIM to order your steps...

I dont know about you but I'm getting chills thinking about God ordering my every steps. The things I say to people, the major decisions I stand at the crossroads of making, the way I raise my daughter, the person I spend the rest of my life with, but most importantly, where my soul rests eternally, ALL in the palm of God's hands, all ordained...now that's living!!

I pray you all had a wonderful and blessed holiday season. Hug your loved ones, tell them you love them, give them their flowers while they can smell them, cherish the small things in life, look up in the sky, look at the trees, listen to the ocean and just bask in God's great creation, look at how creative and mighty He is, hit the refresh button on ALL your relationships (including with GOd) be a more patient parent, a more understanding friend, a more supportive companion or spouse, a wiser speaker, a more positive person in general, it's never too late to begin again.. start new today..