"Then Mary said 'Behold, the maidservant of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.' And the angel of the Lord departed from her."
Luke 1:38
I have control issues. Anyone who knows me, knows this to be a true fact. I like to do things the way I like, in the order I like and to always get the results I like. It used to be nice, having my way all the time, but as I am growing, how I view this "trait" is changing more and more every day. It starts to control me, to take over my day and not allow for the flexibilty that makes my life an adventure to remember. This is not what I desire and it is certainly not what God desires for me. From an earlier post I showed that God wants us to have an abundant life, free from the trappings of this world.
Paul speaks in Romans about being either a slave to sin, or a slave to righteousness. Being caught up in what the world offers and in what you can accomplish for yourself is sinful behavior and puts you in bondage to the world and sin. When you are tied to this world and all that comes with it, there is only one hope, only one way out. Anything that makes you desire things of the world is NOT what God has planned for you.
The verses below really make me think about my proiorities and wonder if I'm really willing to let it be, to me, according to God's word. Hopefully they will paint a picture in your mind of what God intends, of the only thing that gives your life meaning and purpose. For truly, there is nothing the world can give you, and there is nothing the Lord is not able to provide.
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God."
1 Corinthians 2:12
"Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."
James 4:4
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever."
1 John 2:15-17
"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?"
Romans 8:32
"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith."
1 John 5:4
"Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, 'If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free'."
John 8:31-32
"For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
Romans 8:28
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