Coffee? Tea? Serenity?

In my message on control, I listed several things that I can take control of. I have often used that control to organize my day. I have often found myself frustrated in that control because no matter how much effort I put forth things didn’t go as I had planned.

God revealed to me during that frustration that it is of no good to me. Frustration does not build my faith. It only causes negatives in my day. What I needed was positives. He also revealed to me that even though He did allow me control of certain things in my day, that I didn’t have to do them alone. He revealed to me that He was available to me in all things from the easiest of tasks to the most challenging.

Having that revelation, I began to step in a new order. I began to make mental notes of the tasks needing to be done in a given day and asking God to help me to place them in Divine Order. Doing so allowed me to submit myself even more to His will and purpose in my life. Doing so allowed my tasks to be completed with ease. Doing so allowed me to sit back and give Him praises for the many unexpected events that took place. Doing so allowed me to view what used to be called coincidence as Divine Order.

Here are some examples of that Divine Order as I walk In His Steps:

• I was headed to do dishes when a friend came to mind. I felt an urgency to call her. I did. When she answered, she said that she needed a moment and would call me back. When she did, she shared with me that at the very moment the phone rang, she was telling God that she needed to hear HIS voice. WOW! He made me call at that very moment.
• I was out and about doing errands. I felt an urgency to drive to the home of a particular person that I know. This is very out of character for me because I would normally plan the visit and phone the person first. I reconsidered that urgency but it became even more urgent. When I arrived, that person was in need of a supportive friend at that very moment.
• I was in the process of planning a rather large project at home. The more that I tried to put my thoughts together on it the more it felt like I was running into a brick wall. I had succeeded in this project several times before with ease, but this time something just wasn’t right. While visiting with a friend, I shared the frustration that I was feeling and blurted spit out some of the alternative ideas that I had. She helped me to realize that the brick wall I was repeatedly running into was given to me by God because major change was needed. Not that I had done it wrongly in the past, but that now is the time for change. Now, my thoughts and ideas on the project are taking me into a new and exciting journey of that very same project.
• I woke one morning with the intention of cooking our family meal later in the day. There was a distinct urgency that I should change my plans and cook in the morning. I followed that urgency because I had seen how many times that urgency meant God was ordering my day. Later in the day, I found myself glad to have followed that urgency because of unexpected situations which required me to be away from home later in the day.

I used the word urgency in the examples above because that is how I feel at the time that these come to me. I prefer to call them Promptings of The Holy Spirit. God is the only One who knows what steps we will be walking in each day. It makes a much better day when we allow our steps to be ordered by Him; fulfilling His plan and purpose; walking In His Steps.

Psalm 23:3 – He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.