Living in uncertainty

[KeilCoppes]

I find myself time and again passing on the good advice I've had over the years. I don't always give advice though - sometimes I am still learning. I may know the answer from one perspective, that of one's own heart and of clear moral principle. However, I often don't know the answer in terms of getting from the situation someone is in to a desired situation.

You know, though - I think I may have just listened to some good advice. How do I live with not knowing God's will? How do I live with uncertainty? How do I live my own falling short?

The answer is the same I've given time and time again. You commit it to the Lord and put your heart in His hands. You don't live your life on hold. You embrace all possibilities God may send and commit to be faithful to the best of your ability in any of them.

What does this mean to me today? It means that even though I may have not made the wisest of decisions in all things, God will do what He wills, and I need to take the consequences, and work to bring Him glory in them despite my own failings... I need to work in the impossible situations to bring glory to Him! I need to rejoice in the Lord always, and in my rejoicing, He can bring His glory!

 

[hischildsindik]

A friend of mine gave me a ministry tape of a semi-well known pastor, who was teaching on God's plan for your life. I found it interesting in that he or was it a she, was talking about how when man plans things, we have a Plan A and Plan B, etc. When we mess up Plan A, we move to Plan B and so forth.... they described God's plan more like the GPS tracking system... if you make a wrong turn, wrong choice, God always has a way of helping you stay on Plan A, His perfect plan. So no matter what the wrong decisions or choices may have been, if we repent and continue to seek God in the future things, He'll keep us on Plan A always.

I thought it was encouraging considering if I was making the "plans", I'd have to be on back-up plan ZZ by now.

 

[HoosierCanuck]

A friend of mine gave me a ministry tape of a semi-well known pastor, who was teaching on God's plan for your life. I found it interesting in that he or was it a she, was talking about how when man plans things, we have a Plan A and Plan B, etc. When we mess up Plan A, we move to Plan B and so forth.... they described God's plan more like the GPS tracking system... if you make a wrong turn, wrong choice, God always has a way of helping you stay on Plan A, His perfect plan. So no matter what the wrong decisions or choices may have been, if we repent and continue to seek God in the future things, He'll keep us on Plan A always.

I thought it was encouraging considering if I was making the "plans", I'd have to be on back-up plan ZZ by now.

That's interesting and comforting. For years I have lived with regret that I moved in with my father when I was 14. It wasn't so much living with HIM as it was living in the town (where I unfortunately still live). I think my life would be much different today had I not made that stupid decision. I guess I wonder how will I know that I have returned to Plan A? When will I know that I'm on the right track again? It's been 20 years since I made that very unwise decision and things have never come close to the 'grown up life' I envisioned as a young girl. It hasn't been a TOTAL failure but I sometimes wonder 'what if.....'

 

[KeilCoppes]

I'll throw a bit of a twist in - I believe that even in wrong decisions, God has us on Plan A. While we may not enjoy His methods to make us grow, He does and He makes us the people He would have us be. We would not be the people we are today without our experiences.

On the other hand, it's good to work to improve things within that Plan A. We can't see the script, just what we the actors do. So do the absolute best you can!

 

[klewlis]

That's interesting and comforting. For years I have lived with regret that I moved in with my father when I was 14. It wasn't so much living with HIM as it was living in the town (where I unfortunately still live). I think my life would be much different today had I not made that stupid decision. I guess I wonder how will I know that I have returned to Plan A? When will I know that I'm on the right track again? It's been 20 years since I made that very unwise decision and things have never come close to the 'grown up life' I envisioned as a young girl. It hasn't been a TOTAL failure but I sometimes wonder 'what if.....'

I don't think there are many people at all who have the adult life they envisioned when children. Mine sure is not anything like I had planned or imagined. Remember that even in what you considered a bad decision, God is still sovereign and still in control of all of that. We can't live in regret of past decisions, but have to keep pressing forward in what we know God wants us to do.