We Don't Run Anything.

Good Morning! In today's world, a sense of safety and security, is often difficult to come by. Most people feel more secure when they are in control. Somehow a trip down a mountain road does not feel as dangerous to us when we have our hands on the steering wheel. The passengers with us are likely to have much greater anxiety. When circumstances beyond our control happen, we may feel helpless and experience panic or depression. But there is good news,...there is one way we can always be secure.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.—Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

God provides the way for us to always experience a sense of security. He leaves it up to us,...we can either continue depending on ourselves, panicking or losing hope when we can't control a situation,...or we can depend on the Lord. If we choose Jesus and His way for our lives, we can always be secure in His love. We will still experience problems and trials on this earth, but we will begin to view them from an eternal perspective. When we turn control over to Jesus, we can know that no matter what challenges or trials we face, He will ultimately work them out for our good.

Having control over our circumstances is very important to most of us,...it makes us feel more secure, and confident,...but we simply can't always be in control.

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Father, it seems that every time we turn a situation over to You, we still try to hang on to some little part of it. We want to be in control, and yet we know that doesn't work. Forgive us for not trusting You more. Help us to Let It Go, and to leave the control of our lives in Your hands. Help us to rest securely in Your love. Amen.

"We live with good intentions of spending time with God, and turning our heart toward Him only to find at the end of the day that's the one thing we never got around to."