The second night we were challenged to surrender something that was holding us back from God´s best. As I was praying God really laid on my heart that I need to surrender my plans. My plans and expectations that I have created for my life. The things I expected to accomplish, the places I expected to live and the jobs I expected to have. All of my plans I laid at the foot of the cross. God has been asking me to surrender my whole life for a long time… It is as if I have had a tight grip on all of the aspects of my life and slowly but surely I have given them one by one to the Lord. But my plans are the things that I hold onto tightest. The one aspect of my life that I did not want God to enter in and change. My plans are good. But they are not God´s best and I want God´s best. So I surrendered it all. After the evening session and it sunk in that I had just surrendered the thing that I had held closest for so long I freaked out. So I began to read and came upon this verse: “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord´s purpose that prevails.” (Proverbs 19:21)
This verse really hit me. No longer am I going to let my silly, frivolous, “good” plans distract my eyes or ears from hearing God´s voice calling me. I don´t want my plans anymore, I just want God´s purpose from my life. I am now just trying to not pick back up the things that I have surrendered and listen for the Lord as He calls me! —Hannah Ross
Hmmm… Who do I know that this sounds like? Think, Amber, think. *tapping on head* 😉