Is God Enough?

Several friends of mine have been through difficult times.  We have had a few of our own.  This theme has been buzzing in my heart lately, "Is God Enough?"  I was struggling with a certain topic ~ which is actually irrelevant since the theme keeps popping up regardless of the topic ~ and I was literally listing the reasons to God why I believed that MY plan was the best option.  Very clearly, I heard in my heart, "Am I NOT enough???"  It stopped me in my tracks.

On good days, I find myself pretty comfortable in my plans, my ways, my priorities.  So, it is natural for me, when facing a challenge, to try the same approach.  Tough times, hard times, times that stretch me, I look for my plan and use my own priorities to find a light at the end of the tunnel.  All the time, trying to stand it up next to God's plan and then justifying the heck out of it to try to make it match.  I fail every time.  The reality is that tough time or not, I really need to focus myself on His Plan, His Priorities, His Ways.  "His ways are higher than our ways" all the time, not just the tough-to-figure-out ones.  Not just the confusing ones.  In fact, if I spend my efforts looking for His Ways, I will have more time to rest in His hands.  It's like finding out that instead of washing clothes by hand in a river, you discover that there is an all in one washer/dryer that even folds your clothes.  I labor so hard to try to make my way work and all the time, God is saying, "If you will just listen to me, this will go so much more smoothly."

One thing that I find both loving and frustrating about God is that He waits for me to see it.  Loving because he doesn't impose His will on me, frustrating because sometimes I would like Him to put it in an email and send me the directions!  Just tell me what to do!  So, my daily thought is to look for His Plan.

Audra