tell me about it

I’m still on this point because it’s a major issue in my life right now - giving up the reins to God.

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:3

But how do you really measure success? Definitely not by the prosperity Gospel! Being a Christian doesn’t mean guaranteed health and wealth. Look at Job; truly he was a godly, God-fearing man, and his health and wealth was stripped from him. Our human definition of success doesn’t necessarily gel with God’s idea of success.

Jesus’ life wasn’t successful by human standards. He died at the young age of 33; His career only lasted three years. He was a man murdered in His youth, a savior hated by those He came to save, a king who never ascended a throne. But in God’s eyes, His life was perfection. The crucifixion was the success of all God’s successes.

It’s so easy to doubt that God has great plans for us because we’re not sure of what these plans are. What if they don’t gel with our plans for our own lives? What if He calls us to poverty, to discomfort? The hardest thing is to relinquish our own grand plans and trust that He’s got us covered.

A life dedicated to God will experience a God dedicated to life.

I’m so scared that I will snatch my life back from Him and tell Him, “No, I can take better care of myself than You can!” I’ve already done it so many times. It’s difficult to put myself into my Father’s hands. Gotta keep praying that I will have the courage and trust and faith to do so.

And even if others don’t think my life is successful, I don’t want to measure myself by human standards, but by God’s…what does it matter what people think, as long as I find favor with my Maker? He alone will judge us :)

I am committed to Him and the plans He holds for me.