“Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning
the future, stop figuring out how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want,
and just see what happens.”
After finishing exams this morning, I was on Pinterest and
read the quote above. This quote really hit me hard. We as humans are always
analyzing and over analyzing almost everything. It gets exhausting! I care way
too much about the stupid things in life. I care about what other think about
me more than I should. We look at our past and say it defines us. However, in
my 20 years of living, I know that my past does not define me. My relationship
with the one true King defines me. God takes us just as we are. We come to Him
broken and He wants us. He fills in the missing pieces.
We live for the future. We are always doing one thing so
that in the future we can do something else. It all builds upon one another. We
go to school, to go to college, to get a career and a family, but then what? We
work towards goal after goal after goal, but what happens when you have nothing
else to work towards? If you always live for the future, you will eventually
get burnt out and feel as though you have nothing to live for. Living today for
Christ is the best thing we can do.
I am not one that expresses myself well, so I am always
trying to figure out how I feel about certain situations and what to do about
them. I spend too much time feeling anxious about what is to come and how I am
going to feel, that by the time they get there, I am already too worn out to
figure out how I actually do feel. I want people to tell me how I feel and what
to do. I am one of the most indecisive people in the world. That is, because I
care about what others think. I would rather make them happy than myself. I
feel as though many people today have that issue as well. We want so badly to
please other that we don’t care about ourselves. “Don’t be prideful.” It is not
pride to care for yourself first. You cannot properly love someone until you
love yourself first. But, before that, we must fall in love with Christ. He is
first and foremost, and in falling in love with Him, we can learn to love ourselves.
After that, it should all fall into place as the Lord allows it. We should not
base out feelings, opinions, and decisions on others, only upon what we believe
and feel.
The last part of the quote says, “...Just see what happens.”
What? Just see what happens? That’s crazy! This can be a very hard concept to
grasp. We all like to have control over what happens, but just waiting means it
is not you who is making it happen. Think of that! God has complete control
over our lives and He knows what will happen. If we just go with the flow, it
means that we give up complete control to the One who created us. This concept
is not one that I have mastered, but God is working with me on it as He has
been for quite some time now. Perseverance goes a long way, my friend. If we
could just relinquish that right to God, we will be in good hands. It does not
mean you quit your job and sit on the couch from now on. It just means you deal
with what comes when it comes. No planning out every detail of every day. Being
prepared is one thing, analyzing and planning every detail is another.
Isaiah 41:13 “For I, the LORD your God, hold your right
hand; it is I who say to you, ‘Fear not, I am the one who helps you.’”
Isaiah 64:8 “Yet you, Lord, are our Father, we are the clay,
you are the potter, we are all the work of your hand.”
