Proverbs 16 is a wonderful chapter. There of course all the chapters in the Bible have powerful meaning, and one can get something important out of every verse, but Proverbs I have to tell you is a wonderful book filled with many things that we can apply in our lives, and really challenge ourselves.
One thing that I particularly really need to always work on is the fact that God is total control of our lives. Throughout college, when I was a kid, and even to this day I strive so hard to be total control of my life. To me it can be very scary not trying to be in control of everything.
I like to know what is always ahead of me, and what is to come. Being a follower of Christ, this can be very difficult because as well all know, we really have little to no control over our lives. God is in 100 percent control and we follow his path that he has laid out for us. Yes we can fall into the world and walk away from the path that God has for us, and I feel that we can get ourselves into situations that are not what God wants for us, but through many of those situations we hit rock bottom and find Christ again.
The first sentence of chapter 16 says
"We can gather our thoughts, but the Lord gives the right answer."
a little further on down the chapter it says
"We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps."
And the end of the chapter states
"It is better to be patient than powerful; it is better to have self-control than to conquer a city. We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall."
everything about this chapter speaks deep to me. I am currently going through a few things where I want to be in control.
The first area is I want to be in control with is my career. It is an area that can be frustrating and unknown. If I could be control I would have my dream job, I would be doing what I ultimately want to be doing. But I have to realize something. GOD IS IN TOTAL CONTROL. He is the one who has me in my current state. I do not know why, but for some reason he has me here and it is important that I keep blessing him for where he has me.
If you would have asked me a year back what I would be doing currently, working at a cupcake store would not be on the top of my list. But again, I am growing stronger in my relationship with the Lord because of where I am. I am facing issues that I have never really wanted to face before. I am in this place in my life all because the Lord had this all mapped out for me. Again verse 9 says
"We can make the plans, but the Lord determines our steps."
we can apply here and apply there and strive for something, but in the end, the Lord determines our steps, he determines where we go to get what HE has planned for us.
Because in the end, I know so little, and he knows all. He knows everything. And it is my job to allow God to have the control over my life. Because when I try to play God and take control of my life, I become overwhelmed and depressed.
I wrote this simple poem during one of my dark times recently,
He walks with me forever
No matter where I am
I feel love around
covering my life
Although I am weak
and I fall so many times
He is still always there for me
My God, Jesus Christ
I love you, oh yes, I love you.
We can go through dark times and we can be lead down places we never desired to be, but in the end when we are in these dark situations, it is important to be almost thankful during that time.
The Bible says that we should rejoice because God has put us through trials because we are his children. He punished those who are his true children, so that we will change our ways.
my current life verse that I tend to go to often now,
is found in 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
"for our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don't look at our troubles we can see now, rather, we fix our gaze on the things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever."
Another thing that I battle. Is the fact that I am still single. I get so discouraged every time I see a young couple, or people talking about their boyfriend. Petty issue, I know. But it is something that I always think about. But something I do know, is that God has placed the desire for me to be married in my heart. I KNOW that there is someone out there, I do not know who they are, and most likely I have never even met them yet, but I know that they are still out there. So it has been my prayer everyday instead of pushing for it to happen today, to have a boyfriend, husband as soon as possible, I have really been working on practicing being patient, and asking the Lord to prepare me and my heart for that person he has for me.
Until that person has been brought into my life, I will be patient and continuing strengthening my relationship with Christ. Everything is God's timing. I have no control over the plans that he has for me.
and I am forever thankful for that.
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