Trust In God

Each day we all face different circumstances.  Some which are strenuous and stretch us, others that are more relaxing and tolerable.  For the most of us, we like to plan out our events to reduce the circumstances of life that can make things some what difficult.  There is nothing wrong with this at as long as your plans are willing to follow God's.

At times, God likes to get us into awkward positions, to stretch our faith in Him.  These positions may be through times of trials or change within varying time periods.  And those changes may not go along with our plans that we have laid out for ourselves for the future.We may find ourselves stuck in a hard position where we have to choose between two separate plans.  God's and ours.

Now there are promises in the Bible that help get us to go along with God's way.  These promises contain good will for choosing God's path.  One of these promises is in Proverbs 16:3 "Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. "(NIV).  This gives us hope in the completion of our plans.  That if we give it up to God and He agrees with it, we will succeed in our means to accomplishing it.

However there are other verses in the Bible that state that no matter what plans that we make.  God's plans will be done to His will.  An example of this is Proverbs 16:9 "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps."(NIV).  Or another example of this is Proverbs 19:21 "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails."(NIV). These verses give us a clear indication that God will have His way in our life, but the key thing for us to do to benefit from it is to submit to His will.

When we ask Jesus into our hearts as our personal saviour, we give up the right to live a life for ourselves.  We at that point make an allegiance to Him so that we can serve His purpose through our lives.  This is why it is critical for us to consider what God may want to do in our lives.  To allow God to have input on where He wants us to go, that we give God room in our plans.  Because if we do allow Him to take control, He will use us in such a way that even our dreams could not compare to what we would experience.  God can use us to do amazing things.

I leave this decision up to you.  Will you learn to trust in God and rely on Him for your plans in life?  To trust Him to direct you in ways you would never imagine?  Or are you going to keep on making your own plans and not give room for God to speak into your life?  To not trust in Him for guidance or to provide for you on your journey through life?