The Lord has been speaking to me this morning on being controlling. I have to have things my way in my time or I freak out. I have to control every little detail so that the result is perfect. This is often seen when I cook a meal for people. I have to start it at exactly the right time, I have to have all the ingredients, it has to be perfect. I also try to control my life. I plan out my day, and I feel off-balance if things don't go as I planned. I get frustrated when I can't get everything done. I feel like a failure if dinner is 15 minutes late, I forgot something, or I didn't get around to everything on my mental checklist.
The Lord is calling me to let go of this need to control everything, to make everything perfect, to be prepared for any possibility. It is exhausting. But letting go of it is terrifying.
I read this verse this morning, "For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, 'For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.' " Of course, in this case the Lord was speaking to Pharaoh, not His children, but the same is true for us. The Lord desires to demonstrate His power through His children. And He uses weak vessels to make His power known. But it those weak vessels keep insisting on looking strong, His power is not as clearly shown.
So, even though I feel like if I let go everything will fall apart, I choose to believe that God can and will demonstrate His power through me when I am willing to be weak and out of control. "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?"
The Lord is calling me to let go of this need to control everything, to make everything perfect, to be prepared for any possibility. It is exhausting. But letting go of it is terrifying.
I read this verse this morning, "For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, 'For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.' " Of course, in this case the Lord was speaking to Pharaoh, not His children, but the same is true for us. The Lord desires to demonstrate His power through His children. And He uses weak vessels to make His power known. But it those weak vessels keep insisting on looking strong, His power is not as clearly shown.
So, even though I feel like if I let go everything will fall apart, I choose to believe that God can and will demonstrate His power through me when I am willing to be weak and out of control. "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?"
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