Jul 28, 2019
Everyone finds security in predictability and comfort. However, spiritual growth happens in the areas of divergence and inconvenience. The will of God is often found in our interruptions!Live with and open hand—the tighter the grip, the more damaging the removal. Flexibility isn’t lack of planning but a willingness to adapt our plans to God’s plans (Prov. 3:5, 6; 16:3). Inflexibility is a product of a prideful desire to be in control. The only constant is change, and resistance can reveal an unwillingness to acknowledge God may be doing something you have no say over (Is. 55:8, 9). All people, places, and events belong to God—God is sovereign, we are servants (Ps. 24:1; Jer. 27:5; 32:27; Acts 17:25, 26). This means that while we can make plans, God has the authority to change anything at any time—and our response to that change says more about us than God (Prov. 19:21). This is God’s world; we just get to live in it!