God's Time

Change of plans again. Does that sound familiar. I don't know about you but I am used to the way plans seem to change. We question why our plans are not fulfilled, as if we were in charge of everything and everyone. If I've learned anything in life it is that I'm not in control of everything, maybe not even controlling myself enough at times. Maybe it's easier for me because I'm a go with the flow kind of person, but often I see such frustration when life seems to be out of control. People are ill at ease when plans are broken and life is confused. Isn't that really the norm. What do we do when the car breaks, the job ends, our body hurts or fails, or people disappoint us. Life like old people is just full of unwanted wrinkles.

Trust in God exists in our response to those moments when life does not go as planned. Do we overreact? Do we panic? Do we pray for His answer or ours? Do we rest in the assurance that God is still in charge? We have an infinite spectrum of choices when life feels out of control. Trust in God should not make us inactive, rather it should make us keenly open to listening to God while we move through our life. All will be revealed in God's time.

This is the place where we really decide who is God. Does our life's response declare loudly that we know the living God is in charge, or does our life declare loudly that we think we are god and that we want to be in charge. Only one God is permissible in each life. Let me see, which god do I want today?