Let Him take the LEAD... God has your back!

Yes, God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8) So why do we try and figure out His every move? I find myself constantly trying to figure out ...what is God going to do next and when He doesn’t show up the way I thought He would, I end up trying to take matters into my own hands! Dangerous, dangerous…dangerous! This year the Lord has been challenging me to honestly trust Him. I’m working on being lead by the Spirit and also taking captive of every thought and making it obedient to God. I don’t know about you but man… my mind can wonder! Lord, if only you could do this, show up in this way, at this time …. It would be PERFECT! Ha-ha I’m sure …I’m not the only one who thinks like this! I stress myself out trying to figure out the Lord’s every move or conjuring up my own future! I'm making it a habit to say ,"I trust in the LORD” when the “what ifs” pop up. Let’s just think about this, there are over 6,817,547,616 people in this world and eternity that God manages. The bible says a day is but a thousand years to GOD! (2 Peter 3:10) Lets be real… with ALL that to manage, we will never know ALL the details of our future... let alone God’s next move.

I can understand ...our desire to know is as innocent as longing to be involved in what God is doing but let’s be honest with ourselves…being involved in “God’s work “ is simply following His lead. The Lord gave me an illustration of leading and following. He reminded of being in kindergarten. I don’t remember much but I can remember always lining up in a single file line when the class would exit or return to my classroom. The only person, the teacher, who was in front of the line had full view of what was ahead. I remember trying to step out of the line, curious as to where we were going or wanting to see what was ahead but the teacher would say, “Get back in line and follow the leader.” This illustration blew my mind! God is our teacher… our Leader. He has full view of whats ahead therefore only He can determine the accurate steps to take to get to the right destination. (Proverbs 3:6) We have the luxury of just following. I say it’s a luxury because we can take his hand, sit back, relax, not worry, not try and figure things out but trust that God is working EVERYTHING out for our good.(Romans 8:28) I know I make it sound simple and true enough it is… we make complicated! We have gotten use to making decisions w/ out God and/or not believing God can lead us in the right direction. I don’t know about you all but making my own decisions and unbelief has led me NO WHERE! Can I get an AMEN? I am ready to sit back in the passenger’s seat and let God drive. What does it hurt to let God drive? We might just get to our destination sooner than later and learn a few things on the way!

Those of us who are wondering off in our minds and/or in our actions ,God is telling us to get back in line, take His hand, and follow His lead. He has your back. Keep in step w/His Spirit. (GaI 5:25)

I am working daily on not being worried about tomorrow for tomorrow has its own troubles but trusting God w/ every little step I take!
I pray this may be an encouragement to you all. God loves you!

God Bless,

VituousWoman