Yesterday I was meditating on Joshua 9:25 it says: "We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you" What a great verse I find this to be. I sat there and I prayed Lord, let this be my response to you each and every day. That I may be in your hands fully believing and trusting that YOU alone will care for me. That YOU will provide for me, be my joy, be my strength.
We as Christ followers must have this attitude and response to God. That we come to Him and fully release all control of ourselves over to Him. He is the maker of us, He has a plan and a purpose for each and every one of us and the sooner we surrender to His will the more amazing our life becomes. I will be honest and say it is terrifying at times to take that blind step of faith and completely release all control....However there is nothing better that we can do than to entrust the creator of the world with our life. He designed us, He knows us better than we know ourselves. He will take care of us and He will do just as this verse says, He will do whatever seems good and right to us. Now I must add also that just because it says GOOD and RIGHT doesn't mean that we will never face hardship, or hurt, or difficulties in our lives. I look back upon my brief years and see that the times that I remember the most as pivotal points in my life are those times that follow extreme difficulty, sometimes even pain and suffering. God will use whatever means necessary to get our attention because sometimes we don't fully surrender to Him. Sometimes we say Lord you can have this area of my life but I'm going to keep this area. That isn't how God works though, He demands full surrender, complete devotion and He won't give up until He has it ALL. We must remember however that even in the midst of the most difficult times God is still in control and He is behind the scenes working everything out for His perfect plan. We simply need to keep our focus on Him and not our situation.
This week I want to challenge you to pray this prayer to God. Tell Him that you are in His hands and to do whatever He sees good and right. Ask Him to open your eyes, heart, and mind to Him and His plans for your life. May you discover new things about the Lord this week. I pray that you would grow a little closer to him through your faith and through trusting Him. He does have a plan and He has it all for the purpose of making you the most joyful, happy, and satisfied person if you'd only look to Him and let Him be God and you be you. Take the steps you need to this week to fully surrender to Him and His hands will not let you fall!
We as Christ followers must have this attitude and response to God. That we come to Him and fully release all control of ourselves over to Him. He is the maker of us, He has a plan and a purpose for each and every one of us and the sooner we surrender to His will the more amazing our life becomes. I will be honest and say it is terrifying at times to take that blind step of faith and completely release all control....However there is nothing better that we can do than to entrust the creator of the world with our life. He designed us, He knows us better than we know ourselves. He will take care of us and He will do just as this verse says, He will do whatever seems good and right to us. Now I must add also that just because it says GOOD and RIGHT doesn't mean that we will never face hardship, or hurt, or difficulties in our lives. I look back upon my brief years and see that the times that I remember the most as pivotal points in my life are those times that follow extreme difficulty, sometimes even pain and suffering. God will use whatever means necessary to get our attention because sometimes we don't fully surrender to Him. Sometimes we say Lord you can have this area of my life but I'm going to keep this area. That isn't how God works though, He demands full surrender, complete devotion and He won't give up until He has it ALL. We must remember however that even in the midst of the most difficult times God is still in control and He is behind the scenes working everything out for His perfect plan. We simply need to keep our focus on Him and not our situation.
This week I want to challenge you to pray this prayer to God. Tell Him that you are in His hands and to do whatever He sees good and right. Ask Him to open your eyes, heart, and mind to Him and His plans for your life. May you discover new things about the Lord this week. I pray that you would grow a little closer to him through your faith and through trusting Him. He does have a plan and He has it all for the purpose of making you the most joyful, happy, and satisfied person if you'd only look to Him and let Him be God and you be you. Take the steps you need to this week to fully surrender to Him and His hands will not let you fall!
