APRIL 20TH NEWSLETTER
Stop Striving and Just Surrender
Have you ever had a plan go completely different and you thought to yourself, “Well, I’ll just roll with?” This happens with me all the time! If you are reading this, hopefully you have been here awhile and know that I am a baker! Just last week I got a cake order for a 60th surprise birthday dinner and I was given artistic freedom when it came to design. My client sent me over the invitation graphic and I pulled the colors from there. I found a cake design on Pinterest that I absolutely fell in love with and decided to decorate my cake very similar. So, I began adding the colored buttercream to this beautifully frosted white cake and it began to come alive. I pressed shades of burgundy and pink buttercream onto the sides, added fresh florals, and finished with shimmering flakes of edible gold foil. I took a step back to process the 1 hour of work I just did and I thought, “This is NOT the way I thought this cake was going to look.” But luckily that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. I just decided to stop striving and trying so hard to duplicate this cake and roll with whatever my hands were creating. The cake turned out beautifully!
This got me thinking that sometimes we have plans and dreams that turn out a whole different way because of the Lord’s sovereignty. But it is always better than what we imagine it will be like in our minds! Psalm 37:5 says,
"Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him, and He will act."
Commit can be interpreted as handing ones desires over into the hands of another. It’s figurative meaning can mean “to roll.” For me, this means that when I relinquish my plans, dreams, and desires, I ultimately decide to “roll with” whatever the Lord wants to do and where He wants to lead me. I love this!
Still waiting for a financial increase? Just roll with it!
Still single and wondering if love will find you? I have been there, just roll with it!
Still hoping that a specific door will open for you? Just roll with it!
Whatever you are believing for, just surrender your way to the Lord and roll with it! His ways are better! His thoughts are higher!
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9
The dream that you have is not solely up to you to make happen, it is a partnership! God is asking you to commit your way to Him, trust Him, and HE WILL ACT. The Lord gives the increase. The Lord causes doors to fling wide open that no man can shut! Take the pressure off of you and just roll with it! 10 times out of 10 it will be better and more thought out than your original plan.
Dreams in the hands of the Lord turn out differently than dreams in the hands of man! Stop striving and just surrender it ALL to the Lord and watch Him move!
Take a few moments to listen to this song and surrender all to the Lord today. Actively trust Him while you wait. He WILL act!