The End All

We hear a lot about "heavenly perspective" in church. Setting our minds on God, Him first, and all that jazz. But we don't do it. We aren't really working on a heavenly perspective or a godly perspective. We want our perspectives to become reflected in God's relationships to us, not His will to show up in our lives.

Admit it.

If we truly read God's word, we know that what we've been telling ourselves simply isn't true. Our wills matter, but they aren't the end-all. We need a bigger picture than we can see with our humanly finite minds. We've got to stop thinking of destinations and look at the Map. We don't need to beg God to consider our ideas. We don't need to try to make the things we want happen.

Sometimes, we need to stop praying about it, get off our high horse, and start to walk in the direction that, if we really stopped and thought about it, God was leading us in anyway. We need to follow Him. We need HIM to be our focus. It can't be us anymore. We are changed, transformed by the power of God.

Therefore we submit all things: hopes, dreams, ideals, people, money, whatever is NOT being submitted, to Him. We give Him control. We give Him everything. The road will end and you'll have to turn around. It will have potholes. It will have detours and exits and you won't be sure. Don't you understand though?

You are not the end-all. Your plans aren't really your dream destination. You want something bigger. Submit, give yourself. It's not as scary as you think and it's such a relief. If it's in God's hands, you can't worry because you don't control the future. You don't know where the path twists. Relinquishing "you" is a hard choice. But it's the best one you can make.

Do whatever you need to to take your focus off you or whatever you're focusing on that isn't God. Now.