always planning

by socialchick~

Before I start this blog let me just say that this is not for plannerchick. I have not put any hidden messages in it and I am not trying to send her a message within my post. This is something that has been on my heart that I have experienced lately.

We plan out our lives. Even as a small child we plan on when we think we should get married, what we should do for a living, how many kids we want and when we want them.

I had it all planned out; married by 18, have a kid 6 years later, then another one 2 years after that, and maybe one more 3 years later. That was my plan. We have Miss priss and Little Sis but didn't plan on even trying for another one until Little Sis had turned 2. Well needless to say here I am now Miss Priss 3, Little Sis 18 months and another one is on the way.

So where did I ever say in my plan of life, "God what is your plan for me?" I always thought that I would just walk the way that I thought and God would lead me. But then I got pregnant and was a little on the upset side. Because I didn't even stop to think that this was God's plan for me and Mr. Social from the very beginning of our lives.

So you can plan all you want but do you have room for God's plan to fit into your life? We try to plan day to day or week to week or even year to year but do we every say God if this is not your plan for me then please disrupt my plan and show me yours?  Then when God totally changes our plan, do we have a good attitude about it?

I felt like God told me a few weeks back that he was looking for a NOW Generation! A generation that doesn't hold back and ask why or analyze everything. A generation that hears God and immediately responds to what he tells us to do.

So if we have everything planned out for our lives then do we have time to be a Now generation! If God tells us to pray in a business meeting, are we alright doing it knowing that we may loose our job? If God tells us to lay hands on someone in Wal-Mart, do we stop because of the social status we have in our community? A Now Generation doesn't worry about tomorrow, they live in the word of God that he spoke to them at that moment!

A few weeks ago God told me to grab a flag at church and wave it. Well I hesitated and I heard him say, "Do you have enough faith in me to know that I can conquer every battle that you go through?" So I grabbed the flag and began to wave it. That night I started spotting and figured that I was having a miscarriage. Mr. Social grabbed me up and began to pray. That very moment that same soft spoken voice said, "Do you not have enough faith in me to know that I can win every battle that you go through?" At that very moment I had peace! Because of my now actions with waving the flag it built my faith up enough to have faith immediately when the situation looked bad.

You never know what God is preparing you for when he asks you to do something "Now"! Your "now" faith, or your "now" obedience leads to a "Now generation!

Lets stop worrying about how we have planned out our lives and try to pull together and be a sold out living for God Now Generation!

Comments

[plannerchick]

I have goosebumps, this really ministered. And I didn't think you were trying to send me a hidden message, lol!
Thank you for being faithful in sharing this, it is such a great start to my day.
Love you.

[babychick]

This is great! I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Whatever God decides to throw my way, I want to take and trust Him the whole way through it.

[Kayla]

Wow! I definitely needed this today. Thank you so much for sharing.

[Lisa Taylor]

This is really true. Glad you posted. I have been really struggling with letting go of worrying and planning and letting God just take control. It is hard when you are a list person to give up trying to manage things. But at the end of the day, I am glad that God can handle things when items on my list do NOT get accomplished. It is a really great feeling to know and trust that the Father will take care of us.

[Susan]

I so agree. Thanks for sharing.