Movie Monday - Why Him?
8 years ago
I'm a controlling person by nature. God knows this and doesn't like it. It's not so much that I have to control everything, but if I know something is wrong, I'll do everything in my power to fix it, even though sometimes things are just unfixable.
Right now, God is throwing situations at me that I can't control. I know He is doing this to make my life easier. That sounds contradictory, doesn't it? I know that going through all of this will teach me how to handle uncontrollable situations and when I stop trying to control everything, my life will be a lot easier.
By trying to control everything, I'm telling God that He can't handle the situation and that I must help Him. How retarded is that? The Maker of the universe needs my help in working out the little drama's in my life. I mean, really? Of all things to be controlling about, I try to control the stupidest things. It's become painfully obvious that I don't do a very good job of it either. So I'm giving up. It's really a lot easier than I thought it would be. And I feel a lot better about life now.
I can already see a difference in myself. I can disagree with people, love them, and leave them be. I've NEVER been able to do that before. I've got a long way to go, but I'm really excited about what God is doing in my life right now.
"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14
2 Comments:
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1/16/09, 9:27 AM
You are always on my prayer list - no doubt! The first step is always admitting the need...so you are absolutely on the right track. Great verse.1/21/09, 12:15 PMIt really is liberating to realize that God is in total control of everything that happens in our lives. The tough part will always be the letting go. The relationship that we have with Christ is one of the most interesting "journeys" that we will ever take, and the best part about it is the journey never ends!!
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