Love or Destruction

So… a thought came to my head as I was driving home this evening.

If God is in control of everything, if Gods plan is being worked out in everything, if God is the conductor, the architect of this magnificent, ethereal, beautifully orchestrated design to be glorified…

then…

The moment we begin to try to take “control” we’re only hurting ourselves. Right?

I mean… if we were living to glorify, and I mean truly living to glorify the name and kingdom of all that God is and all that God has built, wouldn’t we completely stop caring about our wants and our own needs in an instant in order to let Him work in and through us? Don’t get me wrong I am the last person to even be writing about this. I get so lost in trying to control where my life goes and forgetting that God has my back and knows what He’s doing, that, at times, I think I’m completely brain dead. I think it has a little to do with being a guy (sorry fellas, it’s true) but I also think it’s human of us to try and control. So what do we do? What does this mean? Honestly, I don’t think I’m smart enough to have any complete knowledgeable educated answer to this, but I think it might be a bit more simple than we think.

Pride. It runs in our blood. Everyone can admit to thinking or have thought that they “know” whats best for their lives. I know I have. But, ultimately, God knows best. He always has always will. The Bible is filled with verses against pride. Proverbs says “pride comes before destruction” (proverbs 16:18) and I think that’s a perfect visual for me. When we are prideful, even in the smallest of ways, it can be a door to arrogance, a haughty spirit, selfishness, and the need to be in control. All those characteristics put us “in the way” of what God is doing in us and through our lives. I say “in the way” because I don’t really think we get in the way of God. Gods plan is being worked out whether we’re with Him or not. God WILL be glorified whether it’s us or someone else doing it. So, I think that because of us “getting in the way” of God we’re only hurting ourselves. We’re only putting ourselves as a priority instead of God. We’re only destroying what God is doing in our lives by saying ” I can do it better.” That is just asking for our hearts to become hard, to disrupt our relationship with Him. I’m so thankful for God’s grace. He knows our faults, He knows our pride, He knows our failures, and yet He is still glorified through our lives. He is glorified. He just wants us to comepletely choose to be a part of His plan with Him for our benefit. Thanks God!

So basically, God in control is His Love, us in “control” is our destruction. I for one choose His love. Like I said before, I don’t consider myself close to even remotely letting God have all the control. I am failed, I am faulty. But, I am learning. God is showing me new things everyday and for that I am thankful.

I’m just writing because it has totally affected me. God is invading and disrupting my life in order to fill it with more of Him and I’m loving it. My prayer is that He does the same in your life.