Perfect Planning
.
Psalm 37: 3-8
3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security. 4. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. 6. He will bring forth your vindication as the light, and your right as the noonday. 7. Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! 8. Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
Another morning where I received a subscription e-mail that deals with my own life situation! If you know me, or have read some of my postings in the past you know that waiting is my absolute least favorite thing to do. And I don’t do it well at all. In fact I drive those around me crazy as I work through every possible scenario and turn things over in my mind, over and over again! I also have a big problem being still! So God really exhibits tremendous patience and mercy in dealing with me!
Yes, I am waiting on several fronts. And it is so frustrating! I know that God has a great and amazing plan for my life. I just want Him to tell me what that plan is – right now – as I’m typing I would like it revealed! Then I will be able to get on with the plan! Do you ever experience this? You have an important decision to make, and rather than wait, pray, let it sit for a while, you rush right in and charge ahead – setting your own course? We’re taught and the world tells us today to be self-sufficient. We are not to be dependent, because then we won’t be successful – we won’t be the best, the brightest, the most admired, the most whatever.
Yesterday I had a really rough “waiting day.” I felt I had waited on God as long as I was able. But my husband and two of my friends reassured me I could keep waiting – and that it would be worth it. We’re not to look at others in the world and aspire to what they have accomplished – God has a plan for us, an individually designed, hand-picked, perfect plan for our lives. He longs for us to allow Him to reveal it to us. When we charge ahead, setting our own pace, we may miss out on God’s perfection for us.
Today will be a day of intentional waiting. I commit my day to God and His timing, His plans, His course for me. I don’t want to expend energy fretting over what is to come. I want to store it up so I can go forth and do what God reveals to me as His plan.
My prayer today is that you commit your way to the Lord. And that you trust in His perfect plan for your life.
Mary
