The latter part of 2018 and the majority of 2019, I went through some situations which left me feeling betrayed, hurt, lost and disappointed to my core. Daily, I was on my face crying out to God, wanting Him to take the pain away and make it all better. I just wanted peace!
One day, I heard Him say to me, “only until you surrender and submit it all to me, will you have peace.” For so long, I had only surrendered certain parts of me to Him and tried to control of the other parts. But He revealed that wasn’t good enough and began to show me what surrendering and submitting to Him looked like. He wanted it all!
I then went through a process of giving it all to Him. Surrendering everything and totally submitting to His Will for my life. Every hurt, ache, pain, issue, circumstance and situation; every person who betrayed, used and abused me; my finances, my career, my children, my heart, and my relationships; every part of my life, I surrendered. Only then, did I begin to truly experience His peace!
The beauty of knowing that God is in control of your life, is the fact that whatever happens, is part of His Will and what doesn’t, is not. What He has for us, is for us and what isn’t, is not. Learning, understanding and embracing those simple statements became very freeing to. That tremendous weight has been lifted off of me. I now have peace!
His word in Philippians 4:8-9, says that we should focus on whatever is true, noble, pure, right, lovely, and admirable. Those things that are excellent and that we have learned, received, heard and seen from Him, we should put into practice, and the peace of God will be with us. I look at how He has blessed me over and over again; His constant safety and protection over me and my family; the second chances that He has given me; His amazing grace; Him granting me favor in so many situations; I know that He is faithful and that His promises still stand and that He will never leave us. I know that God is in control!
