Bigger Plans

I am a self-proclaimed control freak... And a worrier... Never a good combo! haha. With that being said, I am a pretty undecisive, go with the flow type of person- until it comes to my life. I so badly have the desire to control what happens to me, when it happens, how it happens, and all those lovely details. However, I have come to the realization that that is just not possible. We are human with no capability of time travel or seeing into the future, therefore how can we control what happens in a world that is so much bigger than ourselves?! WE CAN'T! Nor were we created to....

So often we focus on the things in life that we do not have or have yet to do or receive, and all that that does is bring you down. For me, I often allow the uncertainty of the future and all of the details that go with it to flood my mind. Where will I be in 5 years? When will I know who I will marry? Will I be able to have children? What is God's plan for my life? Wait a second, wait a second, REWIND! What is GOD'S plan for my life? BINGO! My life is not my own. I am not meant to know all the secrets and answers because I am not the author of this story! GOD IS! I get so caught up on me, me, me, that I forget that my life is not my own and I am called to a greater purpose with bigger plans than I could have for myself. I am not meant to know what the plans for the future are... I am meant to TRUST IN THE LORD. Jeremiah 29:11 promises: "'For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.'" THIS.VERSE.IS.MY.LIFE.LINE! Everything- both seen and unseen, known and unknown, good or bad- ultimately works together for the good!

Part of the beauty in life is the spontaneity of it all. That at any given moment, someone new can pop into your life and change it forever. New opportunies and blessing arise with every morning, we just have to be open to them. So often we get focused on one thing (usually negative) and let that dwell or define us, but those negative nancies are just a bump along the journey! They are so minuscule compared to the joy that is possible out of this life. Yes, the world may seem bigger than we are- our problems, our fears, our feelings of distress or inadequacy- but there is something so much bigger than this world that trumps ALL! And that is God... 2 Corinthians 4: 4-9 says, " But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed, perplexed but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed." How awesome is that!

The plans God has prepared ahead of us far surpass the plans we could ever create for ourselves with such bigger blessings as the outcome. What it requires of us is to be patient and trusting in the Lord who already holds us and tomorrow in His hands.... Such a comforting thought!!  God is so much BIGGER than this world, and His plans are so MUCH bigger than our fear. Thankful for the BIGGER aspects of this life :)