YOUR WAY, YAHWEH. BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH BETTER.
I am such a planner. I love to plan my days out by the hour, I love calendars, and I like control of the future.
It makes sense that I am a 6 on the enneagram, but I’m sure if that’s not your number, you still think about the future. Maybe as much as me.
Recently, I journaled out my ideal life and different scenarios for how my life could turn out. But then I ended each sentence with, YOUR WAY, YAHWEH.
Why? Glad you asked.
Because in two decades, I am sure I will look back on what I thought God’s plan for my life was and then I’ll realize He had such greater things for me and my future.
And as @pastormiketodd says, God’s plan for our life is “never based on our preferences, it is based on our purpose.”
Sometimes when picturing the future, when I lay out my ideal life, I feel like I would be missing out on what I wanted if I followed His way. But when we follow Yahweh’s way, we never miss out. I am sure our “ideal life” would look at “Yahweh’s way” and get very jealous.
You may feel like you are missing out, but trust me, God would never inscribe a plan or a purpose unto your heart that allows you to miss out. That would be unkind of a Father.
Jesus is worth everything you are afraid of losing or not having. So belonging to Jesus, you’ll never miss out.
Feel like you would miss out if you stayed single forever? Jesus is worth more than that. Feel like you would miss out if you didn’t live in “that” neighborhood and made six figures? Jesus is worth more than that. Feel like you would miss out if you never had kids? Jesus is worth more than that.
All those desires are amazing, but we put expectations on our future instead of hopes. God never promised you a husband, or kids, or the dream job. He promises us a good future, so with our preferences, let’s not put an expectation on something God never promised and hope in Him to grant us those desires of our heart.
I shouldn’t say, “I expect to get married.” Or, “I expect to have kids.” Or, “I expect to be financially secure.” I should say, “I hope to get married,” “I hope to have kids,” “I hope to be financially secure.”
God wants to bless you and delights in blessing you. But what we often forget is that God blesses in accordance with His plan, never with our preferences.
We must disengage with our idea of the perfect life. Divorce the idea of a perfect guy/girl. Detach ourselves from the way we would have it and cling onto God’s plan for our lives.
Think of Jeremiah 29:11. I am sure you know how the verse goes, if not, look it up in your Bible. Reflect on how the past 24 hours God helped you prosper, gave you a hope and a future, and did not harm you.
I think as we cling to God’s plan for our lives in the every moment, we will live more in the present and not cling to this idea of our ideal life and just trust more in Yahweh’s way.
I find it so hard to trust God for the future, but I am believing in faith that as I watch God’s plan unravel in the next 24 hours and then the next, I will be able to let go of control of my future and trust God for whatever the years to come may look like.
Who’s with me?
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