A Different Kind of Post

I don't have anything profound to tell you about today, but I do want to tell you something. This post is going to be different, because I'm flat out going to tell you what God has been teaching me recently. May God do with it, as He pleases, but I'll do my part by sharing it with you. May you learn whatever God desires you to learn, but this is me simply telling you what God has been teaching me recently.

So it first came from my Bible teacher about three months ago. He was telling us about Job, and He said that God gave Job a choice. This choice included as follows:
1.) Job could hold the whole world in his hands
OR
2.) God would stay in control
In the end, Job realized he was not strong enough to control the whole world and it would probably be best to allow God to stay in control.

A couple months later, I came home, and saw a video on my news feed. The lyrics go a little something like this:
"And the arms that hold the universe are holding you tonight, you can rest inside, it's going to be alright. And the voice that calmed the raging sea is calling you His child. So be still and know He's in control. He will never let you go....You can hope, you can rise, you can stand. He's still got the whole in His hands."
This song has been the second, third, fourth, and so on.

So then, a couple nights ago, I pulled out my Bible and was reading. I have been working my way through Psalms and this verse caught my eye:
"I said to myself, 'Relax, because the Lord takes care of you.'"

In case you haven't got the point, there has been a reoccurring theme in my life recently. God has been slapping me in the face time and time again reminding me that HE is in control. Due to contrary belief, I do not have a perfect life, but God continually reminds me that I need to let go. However, because I'm human, that doesn't normally go over very well. I do not want to give God control because that means I have to allow Him to continue to strip away things in my life and poke and prod me in way I don't want Him to in order to make me the person He knows I need to be. But I am being reminded time and time again that God has a plan and He is in control. Nothing happens that He doesn't plan and nothing is out of His control.

I am constantly reminded of His power and how He is much stronger than I am or ever could be and therefore deserves to be in control of my life. He conquered a grave, can move mountains, stopped a raging sea, and holds the universe in His hands. If these are not signs of His immense power, I'm not sure what else is. And yet, I have the opportunity to leave my life in His hands. Where else could be greater?

And for you, dear reader, I challenge you to let go of whatever is going on in your life. May God teach you and remind you of His power and control. May God say to you as He did to me:
"(Insert your name here),You are not supposed to be in control. Do you understand why you can't figure all this out? It's because you were never supposed to. If you really want to hold the whole universe in your hands, go ahead. But if not, let me stay in control, I know what I'm doing."

If and when plan A, B, and C in your life start failing, know God's plan is coming through in the midst of all that. Allow Him to work. He is in control no matter how crazy life may seem. And above all, He may take everything you ever relied on away from you, but EACH STEP OF THE WAY, He will WALK WITH YOU. Continue to walk in Him and allow Him 100% control in your life.