Scrolling on my phone this morning I saw this saying. It hit me hard because I lived its truth.
I knew the chaos of my mind was at least partly of my own making. I was residing in the gray area of life, justifying my poor choices and trying to trick myself into believing the Lord was okay with them.
My heart knew better.
I knew complete surrender to the Lord was going to come with some goodbyes I wasn’t ready to make. I’d put myself on a dizzying merry-go-round that was never going anywhere.
In the end, I laid down some of what wasn’t for me while the Lord removed the rest. Once it was all gone I could clearly see how foolish I’d been. The Lord had prepared a feast for me and I couldn’t leave the vending machine long enough to make it to the table.
Sometimes we stand in the way of our own success. We are Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka- we want it all! We don’t get it all. We don’t get our way and His way.
But earnestly desire and zealously cultivate the greatest and best gifts and graces. 1 Corinthians 12:31
What you will find, however, is that when you start wanting God’s will for your life, it becomes yours as well. There is no more room for those things which separate you from Him.
Stop holding on to things not meant for you. God has something so much better.
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