In the end, it all comes down to who is going to meet my needs. (or, Whom?) Living in fear of people, or even just to please people, misses the fact that I can depend on God for everything I need. Approval? Love? Appreciation? Friendship? Employment? Provision for my family? It’s all Him.
When I get to the place of making the decision to let God provide, though, it can feel like standing over the edge of the Grand Canyon, needing to let go… Why is that? Because I like being in control. And…thus the problem.
I get so focused on how I would go about meeting that need that I lose sight of the fact that God can do anything! I’ve heard it said that even if I’m on an airplane and it crashes, if God wants me to live, I will survive the plane crash… He gets the final say, regardless of circumstances.
In fact, sometimes He makes a point of waiting until the circumstances are waaaaay past impossible… Remember the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal? Pour more buckets of water on that altar!
If God is truly my provider, and I lose my job, He will bring along another job or way of providing for my family financially. If God is my source of identity, my feelings don’t get hurt as quickly – He provides me with love and affirmation Himself, and puts plenty of people in my life to fill those needs.
Today, I’m looking for ways in which I’m used to meeting my own needs – ways in which the Holy Spirit is showing me that I need to hand over control…
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