Learning to do things God's way
I suck at this. I mean it. I'm kind of fighting a battle I wish I didn't have to fight and had I been less stupid and selfish, maybe I wouldn't have to fight it.
I bumped up against some truth last night and the truth is this: I am still very much alive and human and as such there are things I have to deal with and sometimes those things are going to come up in conversation. I had an opportunity to clarify what I said to someone last night with the fact that while I have those feelings, under no circumstances, are they to be construed as an invitation to action outside of God's plan for my life.
That's all the details you get. My mom reads this thing.
What drew my attention to this is a post from Christian Men's Network about missing out on great because we settle for good. It seemed good at the time to say what I said. But it wasn't my best. I'm trying to fight the battle my way and I also ran into the truth that I don't know how to fight the battle God's way.
But I'm willing to learn.
It's time to quit fighting and let God do it for me. That's hard to do because God moves in ways we don't understand. I found that out when I got to be a blessing to people I didn't even know just by showing up in the nick of time. Well, it wasn't the nick of time. It was God's time and it worked out perfectly. I got to explain that last night to a man and his wife; that it was a God thing, and He is GOOD all the time.
He just doesn't do things the way I would and that's probably a good thing.
I'm thinking this morning about Joshua and the Israelites marching around the walls of Jericho, and Gideon, and so many of the other battles God won against His enemies on behalf of his chosen people. God can. I probably could but to win I have to do less than my best. I wonder sometimes if the battle is about the prize or it's about winning.
And then wisdom showed up. I saw a post on Facebook from CMN about missing out on best because we settle for good. I asked God yesterday for His best. I gave back good. I really need to re-think that. Am I giving my best? In some ways, yes, and some ways not so much.
Today, I'm all about best. If this thing going on in my life is God's best, then it'll come to pass for me. If it's not, then I will defer to Him and wait for best. I just know that what I've been doing isn't my best and I am capable and required to do best.
And I'm so thankful for those wise words and the lesson.
I bumped up against some truth last night and the truth is this: I am still very much alive and human and as such there are things I have to deal with and sometimes those things are going to come up in conversation. I had an opportunity to clarify what I said to someone last night with the fact that while I have those feelings, under no circumstances, are they to be construed as an invitation to action outside of God's plan for my life.
That's all the details you get. My mom reads this thing.
What drew my attention to this is a post from Christian Men's Network about missing out on great because we settle for good. It seemed good at the time to say what I said. But it wasn't my best. I'm trying to fight the battle my way and I also ran into the truth that I don't know how to fight the battle God's way.
But I'm willing to learn.
It's time to quit fighting and let God do it for me. That's hard to do because God moves in ways we don't understand. I found that out when I got to be a blessing to people I didn't even know just by showing up in the nick of time. Well, it wasn't the nick of time. It was God's time and it worked out perfectly. I got to explain that last night to a man and his wife; that it was a God thing, and He is GOOD all the time.
He just doesn't do things the way I would and that's probably a good thing.
I'm thinking this morning about Joshua and the Israelites marching around the walls of Jericho, and Gideon, and so many of the other battles God won against His enemies on behalf of his chosen people. God can. I probably could but to win I have to do less than my best. I wonder sometimes if the battle is about the prize or it's about winning.
And then wisdom showed up. I saw a post on Facebook from CMN about missing out on best because we settle for good. I asked God yesterday for His best. I gave back good. I really need to re-think that. Am I giving my best? In some ways, yes, and some ways not so much.
Today, I'm all about best. If this thing going on in my life is God's best, then it'll come to pass for me. If it's not, then I will defer to Him and wait for best. I just know that what I've been doing isn't my best and I am capable and required to do best.
And I'm so thankful for those wise words and the lesson.
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