Over the weekend I was thinking about how people like to try to do things on their own. I’m no exception to this. We have this habit of trying to figure out what we should do or where we should go. We pray about it, but then we go off on our own.
It can be anything from what job should we take. What kind of a car should we buy. Which house is the best house for me. You get the idea. While we are trying to figure it out on our own the Lord already has that right job for us or that car or even that house. He keeps telling us “here this is where I want you right now” or He says “this is the right car for you”….
The thing is even though we hear what the Lord is telling us, we say “well can I try this other one first?” While God is waiting patiently for us to listen to him, He lets us try to figure things out on our own. Funny thing is when we finally give up and say “Okay Lord I’m ready to listen and do what you say” things start to fall into place quite nicely. Then we all start to think “why didn’t I just listen to God to begin with?”
It’s a struggle we all live with every day. Who knows maybe one day we will realize. If we just listen to God the first time and obey Him things would be so much easier. I doubt we will, but we can all try.
