Give Over Control

Have you ever asked yourself, why don’t I just let God have control? Then a second later take matter “into your own hands”. I know I have!! Yet, when I do this I only bring pain upon myself because nothing seems to work out the way we want it to. We sit here trying our hardest to have the “perfect solution” to a conflict, relationship, marriage, or a simple conversation… But when does it ever turn out perfect? Never. And it never will. The only way that all of our pain, struggles, and conflicts can even remotely become bearable is if we allow ourselves to give power to the Lord and allow Him to do whatever He sees fit in our lives. If that means we must go through trials and He must create patience in our hearts… Then so be it! For He says:

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” James 1:2-3

God is telling us that we must not only allow him to place these trials, struggles, and conflicts in our lives, but to rejoice at them! The reason He gives us is so we may have “steadfastness” or patience in our lives. This lets us take a step back from the troubling situation to actually take a breath and stop taking it into our own hands. God continues:

“And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:4

“LACKING IN NOTHING”. Our patience needs to continue throughout the ENTIRE trial or else it does not have “its full effect” in our lives. He promises that if we do this, in His sake and fully trust the situation in His hands, we will “be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” I have never had that type of result before when I decided what I was gonna do, instead of what He wanted me to do… [And by the way, a lot of the time God just wants you to sit back, continue your walk in faith growing closer to Him, and not do anything more concerning the situation.]
Lord, allow my heart to trust you in all situations and STOP me from trying to make my own situation as “perfect” as I think it should be, instead of how You think it should be. Do this in all of our lives. Amen.
Are you ready to give control to Jesus Christ in your own life? I am. Will you continue to have situations turn out horrible by your own “solutions” that may only work for a temporary time or crash and burn from the beginning? I won’t.

In His Love Always,
The Hopeful Woman In Christ
​Samantha Medina