His Ways Are Not Our Ways!

So you know I’ve been on a journey to move from a place I lived for well over 20 years. On this journey, I had several ideas of the way things should go and I planned for them. I was going to move and find a house in a part of town I wanted to live in that was close to work and close to the airport. I was going to have a quick commute and it was all planned out in my head. 

Well, the best laid plans, right!?! The Bible says, we can make our plans but the LORD determines our steps in Proverbs 16:9. We know it’s true because the Bible says it, but I can testify that my life works out that way regularly. I find myself in places where I did not plan to be as my steps have been ordered by the LORD (Psa 37:23-24). What things did you plan for yourself that didn’t come to be? Or that you made to be and then regretted the choices? I am seeking God’s guidance on the steps I’m to take (Matt 6:33). 

So, as I am following God’s leaning, I trust that He is taking me to the place He has for me. Not the place I would choose for myself. That can be somewhat disconcerting because God’s ways are not our ways (Isa 55:8-9). His ways are high above ours and because He knows better than we ever will, He takes us to places we wouldn’t choose for ourselves. 

That is my case. The community and area where I planned to live and operate was not the area He pointed me to. It is very different, but God doesn’t operate the way man does. He does not make decisions based on my comfort. He leads and guides me based on what is best for me. He and I may not agree on what that is, but I trust Him more than I trust myself (Prov 3:5-6). I’ve messed up before by listening to myself and not to His leading. 

So, because His ways are not our ways, we have decisions to make. We either choose to follow His leading or our own. Sometimes, we want to follow our own and then have God fix it. That doesn’t work. But, God will use those opportunities to make us into who He wants us to be. So, consider what would happen if you totally surrendered to God’s leading. Where would He take you? If you didn’t limit Him, what would He do with your life? God’s ways are high above our ways. Trust Him to take you on a journey that you would not choose for yourself but will be more fulfilling than any you could ever take on your own.