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10th October 2024
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Will You Entrust Everything to God?
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When you feel helpless facing various challenges and difficulties in life, do you entrust them to God?
If you haven't yet, please read this essay.
Ask the Lord to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.
.... Proverbs 16:3
This verse has always played a profound role in our lives, guiding us on how to properly plan and achieve our goals and aspirations.
No matter the challenges we face or the goals we pursue, we should first commit them to God, seeking His guidance in directing our path and steps, and asking for wisdom and strength to confront difficulties and setbacks.
In doing so, we won't stray from God's will and way, and we'll be able to successfully accomplish what we have planned according to God's plan.
In real life, we often bear various pressures and anxieties.
We pursue ideals, seek success, and yearn for happiness ... but all of this is beyond our control.
I used to be an ambitious and aspiring individual; I wanted to achieve success and accomplishments in my work and life.
I set numerous goals and made plans, working tirelessly to achieve them, thinking that this would bring me everything I desired.
However, I was wrong.
These goals and plans left me feeling increasingly exhausted and oppressed, as if I were a person bound and restricted.
I encountered many difficulties and obstacles, faced opposition and criticism.
I began to doubt my abilities and worth, losing confidence in my goals and plans. I found myself in a predicament...
During a spiritual devotion, I came across a passage of God's words.
God says,
"Those who truly fear God, in both big and small matters, will look to God, pray to God, entrust everything to God, and then see how God leads and guides them".
Once you have such experience, you will be able to look to God in all things, and the more you experience this, the more you will feel that looking to God in all things is very practical.
When you look to God on a matter, it is possible that God will not give you a feeling, clear meaning, or much less, clear instructions, but He will make you understand an idea with an exact relevance to the matter, and this is God guiding you using a different method and giving you a way.
If you can sense and understand this, you will benefit.
You may not understand anything in the moment, but you must continue to pray and look to God.
There is nothing wrong with this, and sooner or later you will be enlightened.
Practicing this way does not mean abiding by rules.
Instead, it is meeting the needs of the spirit, and it is how people should practice.
This is the normal state of life and spirit, and only in this way can people maintain a normal relationship with God, so that their hearts are close to God.
It can therefore be said that looking to God is the normal interaction with God in people's hearts.
Regardless of whether you can receive God's enlightenment and guidance, you should pray to God and look to God in all things.
As I pondered God's words, I felt a new sensation within me, as if I had been set free.
I found a new way to plan my goals and objectives.
I could no longer rely solely on my willpower and efforts; instead, I chose to trust in God and entrust my goals and plans to Him.
As I entrusted everything to God, one time, then another... gradually, my heart grew tranquil.
I realized that many of the goals and plans I had set before were unrealistic, beyond my own abilities to achieve.
Therefore, I sought God's guidance to set plans within my capabilities.
With God's guidance, I no longer worried about the results and consequences but believed that God was in control of everything.
I no longer felt tired and oppressed; instead, I felt light and free.
I no longer felt confused and disappointed; instead, I felt clear and content.
Through this experience, I understood that when one entrusts everything to God, obeys His arrangements and guidance, they will receive God's help and protection.
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This is an edited version.
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