Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalm 143:10 NIV84
One of the biggest problems I’ve faced as a follower of Jesus is simply LETTING GO. I want control. I like control. I have difficulty trusting others (God included). I’m sure of my own ability, my own gifting, my own discipline and motivation to get the job done. Sound familiar? It’s this line of thinking that often gets me in trouble, frustrated, anxious, unsettled. Things don’t happen fast enough. Things don’t happen my way. Again…sound familiar?
This is NOT how God operates.
God simply says TRUST me. RELY ON him. LEAN INTO him. It sounds good, but my brain, my overly confident logic says, “No way.” I don’t want to wait for God’s timing because I don’t know when it is. I don’t want to follow God’s ways because it’s not my plan, my design. Duh!
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8 NIV84
It’s no secret that his ways are not my ways, in fact he says it right there in the book of Isaiah. I mean, the Bible even says that his ways are good, perfect, flawless (Psalm 18:30). Why then do I fight it so much?
I believe this is a stumbling block for many people. Men. Women. Everyone. We aren’t raised to TRUST IN and RELY ON others. We’re raised to be self-reliant, do-it-yourself kinda people.
What would happen if today was the day you decided to FOLLOW God, whole-heartedly, no turning back, surrendering all, heart, soul, mind. What would happen? What would change?
This is what I know, if his ways are PERFECT and my ways are NOT, why wouldn’t I ask for help? This is why I LOVE Psalm 143:10 and in all its simplicity it just asks for help, for guidance…
God, teach me to do your will.
God, teach us to do your will.
Psalm 143:10 NIV84
One of the biggest problems I’ve faced as a follower of Jesus is simply LETTING GO. I want control. I like control. I have difficulty trusting others (God included). I’m sure of my own ability, my own gifting, my own discipline and motivation to get the job done. Sound familiar? It’s this line of thinking that often gets me in trouble, frustrated, anxious, unsettled. Things don’t happen fast enough. Things don’t happen my way. Again…sound familiar?
This is NOT how God operates.
God simply says TRUST me. RELY ON him. LEAN INTO him. It sounds good, but my brain, my overly confident logic says, “No way.” I don’t want to wait for God’s timing because I don’t know when it is. I don’t want to follow God’s ways because it’s not my plan, my design. Duh!
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8 NIV84
It’s no secret that his ways are not my ways, in fact he says it right there in the book of Isaiah. I mean, the Bible even says that his ways are good, perfect, flawless (Psalm 18:30). Why then do I fight it so much?
I believe this is a stumbling block for many people. Men. Women. Everyone. We aren’t raised to TRUST IN and RELY ON others. We’re raised to be self-reliant, do-it-yourself kinda people.
What would happen if today was the day you decided to FOLLOW God, whole-heartedly, no turning back, surrendering all, heart, soul, mind. What would happen? What would change?
This is what I know, if his ways are PERFECT and my ways are NOT, why wouldn’t I ask for help? This is why I LOVE Psalm 143:10 and in all its simplicity it just asks for help, for guidance…
God, teach me to do your will.
God, teach us to do your will.
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