Sometimes
I think that if I can perfectly control what is in my grasp to control, then
God will be able to work out the rest. If I get my kids in the right
activities, use the right curriculum, give them the right amount of
responsibility…then…then they will walk in God’s will and clearly decipher His plan
for their lives. If I can carry out my will, then God will be able to carry out
His. Incredibly. Flawed. Thinking.
This is
the same wrong mindset that let’s us think that one wrong move on our part will
forever mess up our kids. Or one wrong curriculum will mess up their education.
No. We
cannot mess up what God has purposed. We have nothing to boast about. No
decision we make can mess up God’s plan. No decision your husband makes can
mess up God’s plan. God always has a back up. He is NOT counting on you. Isn’t
that a relief?
It is for
me because, quite frankly, I am full of flaws. If God’s plan really did rest on
me, then watch out because I’ve already dropped the ball in a dozen ways since
lunch.
He
doesn’t need us. We need Him and THAT is always the order of things.
But how
does that work? Does anything we do have any consequence, any meaning? Of
course. Everything we do has consequences (good and bad) – but what we do
cannot thwart God’s purpose.
Our
purpose remains the same. Bring glory to God. We were made by Him, for Him. He
desires to use you to fulfill His purpose in the lives of those around you.
It’s all Him…he enables you, gives you strength and wisdom…you have nothing to
boast about. It’s not about you.
And that
can be hard for a control freak to remember.
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