"The Holy Spirit is at work in you to change your desires to match up with the Father's desires. We must keep our life plans flexible. Never make concrete plans without leaving room for God to do something different.: Priscilla Shirer
My life verse is Jeremiah 29:11~"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
I have loved, cherished, and "lived by" the verse since I was saved when I was 15. It has always been that one verse that stuck out to me; gave me peace. I thought I really understood and believed this verse; lived it out. However, when I read the quote above I realized that I don't fully live by my life verse.
I have desires for my life. So does the Lord. I am a planner. Ask anyone who knows me. Everything has a time and a place to occur and I will try to organie that time and place to the best of my ability. However, these past two years have totally uprooted my plans. God had other plans for me. He desired me to move 1500 miles away from the only place I knew as home. He did not desire me to have another child yet. He changed the structure of certain parts of my family. Were these my desires, my plans? Not necessarily. But, I can say with all of my heart and soul that although some of these changes were painful for a season, great things have come out of them. I have met amazing people here in Texas and my life here is sweet. I get to spend precious alone time with my son that I would never have been blessed with if I had another child vying for my time. And, great things are happening in my family's lives.
I may not truly understand why God does certain things. However, when I submit to Him and pray for His desires to become mine, I am at peace. I know that I am safe in His hands. His plans are NOT to harm me but to give me hope and a future. He knows my story because He wrote it. When I try to plan many times things just turn out ordinary or become chaotic. When His plans prevail everything seems to fall into place perfectly without effort.
I now know that when I do plan, I must leave room for God's greatness to seep in and be revealed. I want my desires to be His; my plans to be aligned with His. I surrender.
"Please don't misunderstand. Don't let the enemy discourage you into thinking you will never see your dreams become reality."
My life verse is Jeremiah 29:11~"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
I have loved, cherished, and "lived by" the verse since I was saved when I was 15. It has always been that one verse that stuck out to me; gave me peace. I thought I really understood and believed this verse; lived it out. However, when I read the quote above I realized that I don't fully live by my life verse.
I have desires for my life. So does the Lord. I am a planner. Ask anyone who knows me. Everything has a time and a place to occur and I will try to organie that time and place to the best of my ability. However, these past two years have totally uprooted my plans. God had other plans for me. He desired me to move 1500 miles away from the only place I knew as home. He did not desire me to have another child yet. He changed the structure of certain parts of my family. Were these my desires, my plans? Not necessarily. But, I can say with all of my heart and soul that although some of these changes were painful for a season, great things have come out of them. I have met amazing people here in Texas and my life here is sweet. I get to spend precious alone time with my son that I would never have been blessed with if I had another child vying for my time. And, great things are happening in my family's lives.
I may not truly understand why God does certain things. However, when I submit to Him and pray for His desires to become mine, I am at peace. I know that I am safe in His hands. His plans are NOT to harm me but to give me hope and a future. He knows my story because He wrote it. When I try to plan many times things just turn out ordinary or become chaotic. When His plans prevail everything seems to fall into place perfectly without effort.
I now know that when I do plan, I must leave room for God's greatness to seep in and be revealed. I want my desires to be His; my plans to be aligned with His. I surrender.
"Please don't misunderstand. Don't let the enemy discourage you into thinking you will never see your dreams become reality."
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