Giving it ALL to Him

It started about eight months ago with a relationship where I had to sort through a lot of junk; then before the worst of that was over, I had to work through problems of a different kind with somebody else. While all that was going on, so many other things were stretching and pulling me in many uncomfortable directions.In the middle of it all, God whispered in my ear; “Will you let me have it all?”

The thought of giving my problems over to somebody just seems wrong, but this isn’t just anybody; this is the God who created the universe and holds it together day after day. He wants to do big things in our lives, because He loves us and wants to show us how big He is.

So what is holding me back from something better?

Every reason I can think of comes down to this one thing; the lie Satan whispers in my ear that I can handle it all myself. This lie has so infused our culture that this attitude of pride – disguised as strength – is seen as a virtue, but God’s Word tells me differently. Proverbs 16:18 tells us that “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” That’s pretty harsh.This pride is what keeps me from giving everything to Christ and allowing Him to work.

So when I decided to hand my problems over to God, did they disappear? Absolutely not. I couldn’t tell you how many times – much to my regret – I took the problems back into my own hands and made them worse. But God is patient and faithful, especially when I am not, and He never stops working in my heart.

Life has a way of throwing curve balls at us; it is up to us how we handle it. We can either try to handle it on our own and be a stressed-out wreck, or we can hand it to Him and experience the peace that only He can offer.