Where You Lead

Taking Control

One of my biggest spiritual challenges is having faith. I’m not talking about faith that there is a God. I’m talking about faith that God will take care of each situation. I’m talking about having faith to relinquish control.

I’m struggling with that right now. I want to do something. I even have an idea in mind of what to do. I’m not saying it’s the best option but it is the only one I can imagine right now. Knowing that it’s a terribly inadequate solution doesn’t make it easier to resist the temptation. I have to bite my tongue, let go and let it be.

Inaction does not necessarily equal denial or apathy. Sometimes inaction is a practice of faith. Sometimes we just have to let things be as they are and allow God to work.

Lord, give me the strength to resist this urge to take control.

Grace

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of Grace on earth.
– Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks

So, what is Grace? We say “grace” before meals but what exactly is grace? Grace is God’s goodness in our lives that we have not earned. Grace is God blessing us even though we have not merited those blessings.

I don’t know about anyone else but I can think of a hundred different ways that I’ve failed to earn God’s blessings. I know that I don’t deserve the many blessings in my life, yet God continues to send all kinds of good stuff my way. That’s God’s Grace.

Accepting the unacceptable seems foolish on the surface. Why would anyone accept what is not good? Well, perhaps the acceptance is an act of faith. Right now I must walk away from the worrying and fretting and simply accept that this is how it is. I cannot change this situation; worrying about it, placing blame for it, “thinking it through” over and over won’t change it. I have to just accept what is and hand it to God.

And so I will.

Jabez: A Reminder

Oh, that you would bless me indeed
And enlarge my territory.
That your hand would be with me
And that you would keep me from evil
That I may not cause pain.