By nature we all have a desire to control our world. From infancy we turn to our own independent way, trying to control circumstances, the future, people—and even God if we could. Since we can’t, we end up frustrated, hostile, and critical.
Our need to be in control is rooted in excessive self-love. For example, when people we love are sick, we often want them to get well so we can get some rest and not have to worry about them. “Boil it down to this,” a Bible teacher once said, “we are madly in love with ourselves!”
In Romans 8, the apostle Paul called this self-centeredness “the flesh.” By nature we live as if we owe the flesh our obedience. Paul reminded us in verse 12 that this isn’t so. He then offered an effective alternative: We can be led and controlled by God’s Spirit (v.14). We may be afraid to give up control of our lives to God, but we needn’t be. Human control shackles us; God’s control gives us freedom. Human control insists on immediate results; God’s control allows for a lifelong process of change.
Are you “madly in love” with yourself? Why not turn the controls of your life over to God. Ask Him to change you and help you to love Him and others. — Joanie Yoder
(Article taken from Our Daily Bread)
it’s true that we let God be in control of our life since he is our maker,we can only ask him to make his purpose for us known,so that we won’t be like a wanderer.We should depend more on him rather than trying to have or control our life.
its so true. and whether we let Him control our life or not is all down to trusting Him. i was reading the Word For Today and it was about the Bible verse Psalm 118v8 – ‘It is better to put trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man’
Funnily enough its the middle verse in the ENTIRE Bible and the message of the Bible is pretty much centered around this verse and I BELIEVE that if the Bible was to be squashed into one verse, it would be that one.
There’s also something kinda interesting things about this scripture too. Psalm 118 is right in between the shortest chapter of the Bible (ps 117) and the longest chpt in the Bible (ps 119).
There are 594 chapters before and 594 after psalm 118. 594+594 = 1188. if u split the answer you can get 118:8….fascinating isn’t it
Trust in the Lord in all your ways and never rely on your understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways and He shall direct your path. In as much as we rely on our own understanding and not on God. We only make Him a spectator, and when we get into trouble, He only watch. Until we acknowledge Him as Lord of all.
I like watching this kind of videos cause’ it’s really interesting and it is really meaningful and true and can be seen in our lives. It’s so true that we struggle to give God our ‘stool’ cause sometimes His ways may not please us and it’s hard to follow. But nevertheless, His ways are always perfect.