Regardless

Sometimes, my life doesn't go along with my plan for it. I'm a planner. I spend a great deal of time thinking about what is to come. In fact, I probably spend more time thinking about the future than I do the present. Naturally, with all that thinking comes planning. I don't think I'm very unique in that aspect either. Of course, I tend to think that everyone is similar to me. Still, I've never met someone who had no answer when I asked, "What's your plan?"

Sometimes, my life doesn't match up with the plans. And, it's frustrating and confusing. It's frustrating because plans tend to lead to expectations. It's incredibly difficult to never expect anything. It's confusing because I love Christ. My entire identity is encapsulated in Him. Without Him, who is Curtis? I have no idea. So I seek further intimacy with Him all the time. I long to see as He would see and decide as He would decide. What's more, I have this great resource in the Bible to draw upon for direction. The Bible is full of situations similar to mine regardless of which situation I'm in at the time. And, knowing all of this, it becomes easier to recognize which way would be right; not most right necessarily, but right none the less.

When something in life doesn't match the plans, two options are presented: resist what doesn't match or change the plans. Actually, there are many more options, but simplicity is nice. Anyway, it's rarely easy to be sure which of the two options is best to take. That's where things get confusing.

At times like those, it's important to remember that we don't know the whole story. Information is incredibly limited. I guess the only feasible option is the unlisted one: wait on God. He knows what's behind everything: the reasons, intentions, actions. He knows where it's all going. He knows which way is most right. He knows and leads when we wait. So, waiting is the only option. If only it were as easy to do as it is to type...