The Christian Walk

I was reading a devotion from Oswald Chambers today and God really spoke to my heart. He was talking about how when we let God choose for us- that its always the best choice. In our own limited thinking skills we tend to make choices that make sense practically, financially, ease of comfort, basically we choose things that we see will work for us. We want our way because we think that we know what we need and what will be best for us. However, God sees the full complete picture and we can be confident that he will always choose the best for us. He is our shepherd that leads us beside still waters, comforts our souls, and gives us rest. He has our best interests at heart. The interesting thing is that when we learn to trust in Him and his direction for our lives we wonder why we were ever holding onto this or that thing and why we are so resistant to his will. Like we know better?! I am learning that I can no longer presume things. I can no longer say ok Lord, I am going to do this or ...

Ephesians 3:20 (New King James Version) 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. I love this passage. I was reading the In Touch magazine by Charles Stanley and he wrote a devotion about this verse. He basically said that we wait for God to act on our behalf, to right the wrongs, to rescue us from disaster, to do what we ask Him! But many times God will not change the circumstances or he will wait- instead He does a work within us and he changes our heart according to his glory and purpose. For so long I have worked in my own efforts to accomplish something only to fail or be disappointed. I am learning to seek him for direction, pray, and see what he does or doesn't do. Many times he's more interested in our character than our circumstances. Don't we always just want him to fix things, us, other...