Understanding Our Timing - VS - God's Timing
In life sometimes we go through things we don't understand. As we grow older with age we learn and see ourselves go through seasons in our lives. I know I can say we have all been there in life were we are left to say, " What now?" "What do I do now?, where do I go next?, or should I risk it?... There are so many questions in life that I wish I knew the answers to, and if I did I would totally share them with you. In this life it's just not that simple, is it?
"We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us. We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don't know what to do, we never give up. In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down, we get up again." - 2 Corinthians 4:7-9
It is easy to let yourself get to the point of consistently asking yourself, "What do I do now?". Once you are saying this same thing over again you then start to believe, "wow, what am I doing?" There are times we need a push in life to do what God may be leading us to do. There are also times of what I just explained and you let the "unknown" questions consume your life. The feeling of not knowing the future is scary, but God doesn't want us to be fearful. In the verse listed above it speaks of "the real power comes from God and not from us." We may not know what the road may lead, but isn't it comforting to know we aren't alone. God is always by our side even in times of trouble. Those trouble times may be the unknown. Because of the unknown or the unanswered questions, we may allow ourselves to not get the full enjoyment out of our daily lives as God wants for us.
What we may be planning for ourselves for our future may not be God's plan or it may be just a small part of God's plan. God is a big God and He can do so many wonders that we couldn't even being to think of. Saying that, we may be stopping things from happening that God has planned for us because of our own planning. . My prayer for you as well as myself, is that we give the Lord full control of our lives. I know personally I have allowed fear and self doubt control my life and who I am. But the more I draw closer to God, I realize again that I am uniquely made just like everyone else is. Allowing my unknown future and fear of that, I realize I am interfering with God's plans. It's okay not to know everything and it's also good to know that God has everything in his hands. We just need to allow him full control of our lives and trust in His plan.
"But we live by faith, not by what we see." - 2 Corinthians 5:7
"Ask, and you will receive. Search , and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks. Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish? As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask." - Matthew 7: 7-11
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