I don’t know about you, but the holiday season was difficult for me this year. I had a pretty good idea of how everything was supposed to go, and it just didn’t turn out that way.
You know those times when one thing goes wrong and it seems like everything else just seems to follow? Everything is spinning and you’re digging your toes into the sand trying to bring it all to a screeching halt – I was there.
The festivities continued around me and I struggled to be present. The New Year seemed to be approaching faster than ever and I was not ready!
Somewhere along the way I had taken a detour into my own expectations and it was feeding into my personal disappointment and discouragement. I couldn’t get a grip because it wasn’t mine to control from the start.
I was trying to bail out my boat with a bucket when the Master of the sea was right next to me. “Lord, I’m tired. I can’t do this. Lord, I don’t understand, why did this have to happen? Just look, it has ruined everything! Lord, what am I supposed to do now? I know there is more than this.”
The Lord gently reminded me of Psalm 27 specifically verses 13 through 14. “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of God in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
He never left it up to me to sort it out. The debacles of this life cannot overthrow God’s plan. His plan does not always look like my plan, or yours.
Maybe you’re like me and you haven’t had a chance to even consider any goals for the New Year. No matter what the Lord has for us this year, I pray that our eyes are opened to see the goodness of His plan despite our circumstances. I pray that He shifts the position of our hearts from worldly expectance to spiritual acceptance so our vision remains unclouded.
Psalm 51:10-12 “Create in me a pure heart O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of my salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me.”
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