articles Who is in Control?
Why is it that we want control? What does having control give us that Christ hasn’t already given us? And anyways, how well are we doing trying to maintain or strain for control over our lives or someone else’s for that matter? When a crisis comes and we don’t see God in it, we will move into the place of control, because we won’t see that He has allowed it. And we don’t see that He has allowed it because of a lack of understanding of what He is accomplishing in our lives and how He is accomplishing it. Therefore, we run to something else (a.k.a. my way or my way to control my life) to try and meet the need for our lack of control... and those ways never ever satisfy or work. More situations will keep relentlessly coming, getting bigger and bigger, heavier and heavier, till we can’t handle it anymore and we finally give up on trying to control it. It is a vicious cycle and one that needs to end at His feet not our own. If it ends at our feet we will experience frustration, failure, defeat, hopelessness, anxiety, doubt, worry, loneliness, insecurity, insignificance, out of control, etc. But when we allow the cycle to end at His feet and realize He has allowed the “out of control” situation, we experience life, liberty, a lightness, peace, comfort, joy, love, and recognize He is in control and always has been. In other words we experience Him; His life working in through ours, moving us deeper and deeper into Him, and it’s wonderful. We must remember that whatever God has permitted to come into our lives, He can also prevent. So if He has allowed an “out of control” situation to come your way, why are you fighting it when He is not? God is not fighting or causing what we define as problems but He is using it in getting our attention to see our constant need for Him. Our “out of control” situation |
can be now seen as the sheep dog nipping at our heels driving us back to the Shepherd. In the Shepherd's presence is the only place we experience rest; which is what all of us especially want when our world, lives, situations feel out of control. There is a rest for the people of God: continual and perpetual rest (Hebrews 3&4). That rest is found in Christ who lives in each one of us who have come to Him. Amen!! It's funny isn’t it how we know we can’t control our death; the day, the hour, and yet we think we control life; the day, the hour, the minute, the second. God is sitting on His throne, His throne in each of our hearts where He is King. The King is always in charge of His Kingdom where He is leading and He is responsible. Stop taking on the responsibility, especially this life that you cannot control. Let Him be God, leading you, being responsible for you as a child of His, allowing life and it’s situations to come at you and so squeezing His life out of you!! When you squeeze a plum, put pressure on it, and it yields, you know it’s ripe. Is the world squeezing you, putting pressure on you, are you yielding to Him that has allowed it all? Or are you fighting it which blinds you to His rest you always have in Him? There is a purpose in it all you know, and it is to get His life out of you in every area of your life. He promises that He works everything for the good of those that love Him in Christ... EVERYTHING!! He is in control, always has been and always will. If you see Christ in all things, you’ll find peace, rest, and comfort. If you don’t see Christ, you’ll see everything else: anxiety, worry, doubt, fear, frustration. So, who do you want to see and who do you want in control? I now see He is, whether I recognize it or not. AMEN!!
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