There is almost nothing more satisfying to an organizer than. being able to check an item off their to-do list.
Organizers naturally love to make lists, and I am sure this characteristic has its perfect mirror in God.
Because He didn’t just make the planet, He planned it.
I have a tendency to plan and tenaciously just stick to it. Which we all need to do to a certain extent in the face of adversity, but can become a problem when God is calling you to hand it over.
That’s right. Just coz we planned it doesn’t mean it was always His plan for us.
You see, God knows life is about to happen. That project deadline gets moved up, your child gets sick, your pay cheque is a little lighter than usual, the car has a flat.
And if we insist on same old, same old we can miss the blessings God has for us when we are willing to hand our plans over so He can unfurl His.
I have been experimenting with handing my day over to God this past two weeks. I had to take a stand I wasn’t comfortable with, and release my fear & desire to be in control into His more than capable hands.
You know what? I am way less stressed and more content once God got me out of my way.
When I go where He leads, I join the current’s flow of what He is doing.
I have been building spiritual whitespace (grateful thanks to Bonnie Gray for penning that phrase) into my life, and writing in pencil (figuratively) as I wait for God to reveal His plan for my day.
Because He knows the plans He has for me in full, I can trust Him in the now to lead me along the proper path to arrive where He intends me to be in the future.
My to-do list may be filled with serving, but my time is best served when He writes my day in His hand.
So I use my time blessing those He wants me to bless, in His timing, for His plans, for His glory.
Join me as together we let go of the lie that we are in full control over our day. Thank Him for this new day He has gifts us with. Ask Him to write the day He has planned for us in our hearts. Follow where He leads.
The to-do list we are to be most interested in is His, always.
Time after time, into eternity.
Tick tock goes the clock.
My life in Your hands,
my gifts & times Yours.
So tick off your earthly to do list as you must, while you press in moment by moment & allow Him to interrupt you with the to-do list of Heaven.
KARLA LEES 