One Day @ a Time

God's Will. It's a beautiful thing. As Christians, we have the amazing opportunity to follow God, and complete His will for our lives. But sometimes it can be very overwhelming. The sheer thought of serving a God who created the entire universe is rather daunting. I mean, me, a simple, little person trying to glorify the Almighty Creator! Wow! Then if you take it to the next level of following God's will for your life, it gets even scarier! To me, the scariest part of fullfilling God's will is the fact that God doesn't speak to us in an audible voice, so we never really know what God's exact will is!

As a senior this year, I have had the opportunity to visit several Bible colleges that I am considering attending. If I am completely truthful, I don't think I'm ready for college! But it is such a wonderful opportunity to continue my education, I am looking forward to the new challenge. But before I can take that next big step, I have to make a decision on which Bible college I attend. And I can say that I am totally scared to death to make that choice! What if I think one college is God's will, but it's really just my top choice?

This question really got me thinking about God. So many times, I tend to think that God's will for my life will be boring, and terrible. Which is crazy isn't it? Because God wants the best for us! I mean, He died on the cross to free us from everlasting punishment in the lake of fire! So why do I believe He would choose something for me that I would hate? After thinking about this for a while I decided that it was because I'm leery of the fact that I wouldn't be in control. And I really, really like being in control! Control is a funny thing though, it seems like any time I think I'm gaining more control I lose it.

Then the thought came into my head that the God who holds the universe in His hands wants to control my life! Not only does He want to control it, He wants to walk beside me and be my Best Friend through it all! How amazing is that? So really, who am I to think that He is trying to destroy my plans? All He wants is the best for me. And we don't have to try to figure out God's plans for the rest of our lives at this very second. We don't even have to know what His will is for us for tomorrow! If we just commit ourselves to doing His will for us today, then He will lead us to the places where He will reveal to us His will!