Back in the day when I was a lightie there were these "Spy Vs. Spy" comics...
One was the good guy and one was the bad guy...Good Vs. Evil, Black Vs. White (not racially). Old School...hehe
I realise that I have been way too much of a Worrier and not enough of a Warrior...
God says we gotta commit our plans to Him and then chill...but what I do is commit
them to God and then worry...and try and get stuff done MY way...FLIP...I am kind of a control freak I guess, don't know if it's a general guy attribute or what, but it's part of me. I am trying to fight it now, but it's tough, cos when stuff happens I want to step in and take control...I dunno, maybe I have a leader in me dying to lead :P
When the storms come, I try and choose a course and start rowing like crazy...USUALLY directly into the wind...then I tend to end up deeper and deeper into the storm. How stupid. And then I complain about the water splashing on me, being tossed around by the waves and also being shipwrecked when I cruise into the rocks that I would have avoided if I let GOD steer the boat.
Proverbs 16:2-4 (New International Version)
2 All a man's ways seem innocent to him,
but motives are weighed by the LORD.
3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
and your plans will succeed.
All the while I was thinking "I got dis"...and just like in the movies, I DIDN'T have it... And I end up being bashed on the rocks...thinking
Where is God?!
Why did this happen?!
And God stands there, patiently (as always), waiting for me to turn around and see that I was being dumb...This verse keeps coming up..
Jeremiah 29:11 (New International Version)
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
God has plans for ME, yeah even crazy Warren, and those plans were laid out even before I was formed in my mothers womb! I am LOVED by God, the creator of the universe!
Psalm 139: 13 - 16
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
He is watching you...keep it real :D hehe...
Listen more, speak less.
Trust more, worry less.
Time to stand up and be a WARRIOR!!!
