IN SURRENDER THERE IS PEACE

Why are you cast down, O my soul,

and why are you in turmoil within 

me? Hope in God, for I shall again

praise him, my salvation and my 

God. -- Psalm 42:6, ESV

It's hard not to feel discouraged when it's one thing after another, and I feel useless, tired, and overwhelmed. Makes me feel like throwing up my hands in defeat and calling it quits. But then I think just maybe my breakthrough is about to appear and if I quit I'll miss something really awesome. So instead, I'm throwing up my hands in surrender.

In surrender there is peace. I can stop second-guessing about why things are the way they are and trust that God is in control and has a perfect plan that nothing or anyone can thwart. And His plan is always the best plan because He sees the whole picture, which I do not. 

What is going to be is going to be, and there's no point stressing over it. And why should I stress when I know He loves me, and despite how things have ever looked in the natural, true to His Word (Romans 8:28) He has always come through for me and worked things out for my good and His glory. As I look back in retrospect over the course of my life to the times when things were looking pretty grim and far from what I would have wanted or expected, I've seen this played out over and over again. 

As I chose to leave all the things that are stressing me at the foot of the cross and surrender the outcomes to the Lord, I felt as though He was approving my decision through the voice of someone on the radio who was ending his message by saying, "If you really trust, there is no cause for concern."