You have made plans for your day, your week, your summer or your life. Suddenly, unforeseen circumstances take over. Your plans are postponed or worse yet changed completely, irreversible changed. You are in a turmoil. A whirlwind of emotions take over. You must adjust and adapt, but you don't exactly know how. What do you do when you don't know what to do? How do you respond when your plans have been shattered? You trust God.
Perspective changes everything. Isaiah 55:9 reminds us that God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. His ways and His thoughts are much higher than ours. He sees the end from the beginning. He is sovereign. He is in control. We are not. We can trust Him. Jeremiah 29:11 reminds us that He has good plans for us. Our perception of events are limited.
David Jeremiah reminds us in Turning Point Magazine. "Life is not always as it appears. Instead of trusting ourselves and our perception of events, we need to trust the God who sees everything as it really is. We often look at life's circumstances differently than He does. We see obstacles where He sees opportunities. We see predicaments where He sees providence. God, as Sovereign Creator, is free to intervene in the normal patters of our life at any time to accomplish His good purposes. What we see as puzzling, God sees as His perfect plan for our lives."
"What we see as puzzling, God sees as His perfect plan for our lives.We often trust what we see, know or feel, and that can be dangerous. We are not to lean on our own understanding. In John 13:7 Jesus spoke clearly to His disciples, "what I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will know after this."
How do we live with puzzling events? Focus on God, His character and His Word. "Move from you confusion to His conclusions, There is no chaos when we're in His keeping, for life's unexpected problems are no match for God's limitless power. His promises and His presence will reassure you that He is still in control."
Trust Him when life is upside down, when the news is not just bad, but devastating, when you can't make sense of anything, when you don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Trust Him when you don't have the strength to go on, when you feel like giving up or giving in. Trust Him no matter what.
Perspective changes everything. Isaiah 55:9 reminds us that God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. His ways and His thoughts are much higher than ours. He sees the end from the beginning. He is sovereign. He is in control. We are not. We can trust Him. Jeremiah 29:11 reminds us that He has good plans for us. Our perception of events are limited.
David Jeremiah reminds us in Turning Point Magazine. "Life is not always as it appears. Instead of trusting ourselves and our perception of events, we need to trust the God who sees everything as it really is. We often look at life's circumstances differently than He does. We see obstacles where He sees opportunities. We see predicaments where He sees providence. God, as Sovereign Creator, is free to intervene in the normal patters of our life at any time to accomplish His good purposes. What we see as puzzling, God sees as His perfect plan for our lives."
"What we see as puzzling, God sees as His perfect plan for our lives.We often trust what we see, know or feel, and that can be dangerous. We are not to lean on our own understanding. In John 13:7 Jesus spoke clearly to His disciples, "what I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will know after this."
How do we live with puzzling events? Focus on God, His character and His Word. "Move from you confusion to His conclusions, There is no chaos when we're in His keeping, for life's unexpected problems are no match for God's limitless power. His promises and His presence will reassure you that He is still in control."
Trust Him when life is upside down, when the news is not just bad, but devastating, when you can't make sense of anything, when you don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. Trust Him when you don't have the strength to go on, when you feel like giving up or giving in. Trust Him no matter what.
