Well I really wanted to blog today so here I am lol. I guess I'll consider this to be part if the Boaz Material Series since it does go along with it. :) I have been stressing some this week because something didn't turn out the way I thought it would. Isn't it funny how you think you've got it all figured out and then one thing changes and you realize you have nothing figured out...that's what happened this week. As you may know I am graduating in 3 weeks and am searching for a dental assisting job. I was interning at a periodontist office and I loved it there! There was a job there and I was hoping and praying I would get it. I put all my apples in that basket and now I wish I hadn't. Anyways I went back Monday to that office and they had hired a new girl. I knew it as soon as I pulled in the parking lot when I saw an extra car.
I am constantly trying to Figure everything out. I sit around and daydream constantly. I want to know everything and I want to be in control. But God is constantly trying to teach me that it is a bad thing when I am the driver and he is the passenger. So last night I was lying in bed praying that he would help me and open one door and shut all the others. I prayed he would make it clear...that is, whatever he wants me to do. I know without a doubt His ways are the best! But it is hurtful when you get rejected and things don't go your way. He brought to my mind Proverbs 3:5,6,7. I am thankful for those times he gives a verse to encourage me!
Trust in The LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear The Lord and depart from evil. -Proverbs 3:5,6,7We can not be wise in our own eyes. Faith isn't seen, it's practiced. I lean own my own understanding way too much! I told God I want my life to be exactly the way he wants it to be. I love that song "when God has another plan, walk on and just say yes, when God has another plan be assured that he knows best. When all your dreams are shattered rest in his sufficient grace...you don't have to understand when God has another plan."
Ruth was one who didn't mind not having understanding! I'm sure in her eyes her whole life never made any sense. She just went where God and Naomi lead her. Read Ruth 1:16,17,18. Ruth walked on to a land she had never known knowing she would be considered an outcast. I am sure Ruth believed in her heart that her decision to go with Naomi completely diminished her chances of finding another husband. But deep down she knew God had a better plan...and he sure did. I know years later when she looked back on her life all she saw was Gods hand leading and guiding. Opening and shutting doors. She became a servant and God gave her the best bachelor in town! He gave her Boaz! And he let her be mentioned in the linage of our dear Lord and Saviour! I'm sure she was glad she trusted God instead of her own way and wants.
I want his plan and only his. Whatever it may be. Please remember that rejection is God protecting you from something. For every no, there is a greater yes! We need to take our hands off...let go and let God. A true Boaz is looking for a girl who will submit to God and his way. No matter how crazy it might seem :)
Right after I got saved in 2009 someone gave me a card with this poem in in...it's one of my faves.
Let Go and Let God
by Emily Matthews
When you are searching for truth and you can't find your way,
When people don't hear what you're tryin to say,
And answers won't come to the thing that you pray
It's time to let go and let God...
Let go of the bad and the good will appear,
trust in the knowledge that he is always near.
Then answers and choices are always more clear when you let go and let God.
Just lift up your hands and surrender your heart,
tell him your worries and he'll do his part,
let go of the past and your future wil start, when you finally let go and let God.
