Good morning, John,
Listening to yesterday’s wonderful morning audio, I heard Jimmy say this, “Sometimes you got to make some messes to find out that’s really not what you want.” Then you added, “What we think we want sometimes, if God gives it to us, we find out ‘That’s not what I want!”
You went on to say, “And getting out of it then… you have to go to Him to get out of it!” That’s my own testimony. I was that self-willed person who got what I thought I wanted, only to find out quickly, “That’s not what I want!” I would often go in my closet and fall on my face and beg God to get me out of it!
It took that miserable experience for me to find out that I don’t want my own way! It was a relief to throw up my hands and surrender my own will to His perfect will for my life! I’ll never forget how I felt after Jesus rescued me, and I was thinking about going to design school. The new, rescued me wasn’t about to make a big life decision without God’s approval. I was driving down the road talking to Jesus about the situation, and I heard myself praying, “God, please let me know the right thing to do. I am in neutral here. I don’t know what will make me happy, but you do.” I had become thoroughly persuaded in my heart that Jesus, and doing His will, is the only thing that can make anyone happy in this world. Amen!
What a sweet, peaceful feeling it is to be content with trusting Jesus for our happiness. I wish I could convince every young person in my life that trusting our future to Jesus is the only way to have any hope of true and lasting happiness, but they must be thoroughly persuaded in their own hearts that this is true. Jesus would prefer that we take the easier route by obeying God and doing His will, but whatever it takes for Jesus to convince us that He is our “happy” is worth whatever we have to go through. I heard this on the recording from yesterday: “Whoever or whatever you hang onto, you’re going to lose anyway.” That is true! So, why not surrender it all to Jesus and be happy!
Solomon’s conclusion of the whole matter was ,“Fear God and keep His commandments. For God will bring every work into judgement, whether it be good or whether it be evil.” Amen!
Lee Ann