The Sky’s The Limit

I’ve instigated some significant changes in my life over the last few months. A new job, a new relationship, a new home purchase and even some healthier lifestyle choices, hoping that my life would take on new momentum.

I got “plans!”

Even with all these great plans underway, I feel stagnant and as if I’m missing something. I don’t feel satisfied and my dissatisfaction has led to comparison and compromise. I keep asking myself, what’s wrong with me? I made all these changes, so why don’t I feel better? All the while my flesh is doing whatever it can to appease my feelings, which change from one minute to the next, and I can’t keep up.

Proverbs 19:21 says, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”

I realize that although I have the freedom to do what I want, not everything is beneficial or constructive, even if the timing is perfect and the results are good. Some of the plans I set in motion may not be in complete agreement with what the Lord has planned.

Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I’ve read that scripture many times, but it was the latter half of 2 Corinthians 10:12 that spoke to my heart when I asked God to help me discern my feelings; “When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.”

It was foolish of me to try and do things in my own power, without seeking guidance and direction from the Lord. There are limitations to what I am capable of doing and I don’t know everything. My well laid plans were interfering and limiting God’s will in my life. God is infinite and has no limitations. I clearly heard him say “Be still, and know that I am God;”

I was reminded of Jerimiah 17:7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.” I had misplaced my trust and I didn’t quite believe it for myself; what the word says in Psalm 37:4 “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4).

Lord, hear my prayer. Forgive me for not placing my trust in you and for my fear and unbelief. I know you care for my needs and you know the desires of my heart better than I do. Help me to be still and to wait on you and to seek out your face and not only your hand. I want your will to be done in my life and I want the freedom and lasting change that only you can bring. Thank you for loving me.

Amen.

~Trish