Remember all those dreams you had when you were younger? What happened to all of them? Maybe you've fulfilled some of them. Maybe you had to let some of them go. Does that mean that you aren't on the right path?
When I was a single young lady I had a lot of ideas about the things I wanted to do and places I wanted to go. But then, there was my friend, Tom. As I became aware that Tom and I were becoming more than friends, maybe even headed toward marriage, I wasn't sure that was what I wanted if it meant giving up my plans. I found myself on a long walk trying to hash this out with God. In the midst of my struggling with Him a Scripture came to my mind: "The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places." "Boundaries" and "pleasant"don't seem to belong in the same sentence! Yet I understood that even though saying "Yes" to marrying Tom meant saying "No" to my own dreams and plans, the limits that 'Yes" imposed on me were part of God's plan for my good. Thirty years later, I don't regret that "Yes".
There is no way of getting around it. Saying "YES" to God means there are things that we are going to have to say "No" to. But the boundary lines God places us within lead us to freedom and fulfillment.
Key Thought: God's boundaries for me are good boundaries.
A Scripture to Consider:
A YES Challenge: What might God be calling you to say "No" to as a result of saying "YES" to Him?
Prayer:
Lord, there are some things that I really want to do, but I know that they aren't in Your plans for me. Help me to accept that the boundaries that You place in my life are actually boundaries I can rejoice in because they lead me to the place of freedom and fulfillment that You have for me. I will choose to say "No" because my YES to You is more important than anything else. Amen.
When I was a single young lady I had a lot of ideas about the things I wanted to do and places I wanted to go. But then, there was my friend, Tom. As I became aware that Tom and I were becoming more than friends, maybe even headed toward marriage, I wasn't sure that was what I wanted if it meant giving up my plans. I found myself on a long walk trying to hash this out with God. In the midst of my struggling with Him a Scripture came to my mind: "The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places." "Boundaries" and "pleasant"don't seem to belong in the same sentence! Yet I understood that even though saying "Yes" to marrying Tom meant saying "No" to my own dreams and plans, the limits that 'Yes" imposed on me were part of God's plan for my good. Thirty years later, I don't regret that "Yes".
There is no way of getting around it. Saying "YES" to God means there are things that we are going to have to say "No" to. But the boundary lines God places us within lead us to freedom and fulfillment.
Key Thought: God's boundaries for me are good boundaries.
A Scripture to Consider:
"The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance." Psalms 16:6 NIV
A YES Challenge: What might God be calling you to say "No" to as a result of saying "YES" to Him?
Prayer:
Lord, there are some things that I really want to do, but I know that they aren't in Your plans for me. Help me to accept that the boundaries that You place in my life are actually boundaries I can rejoice in because they lead me to the place of freedom and fulfillment that You have for me. I will choose to say "No" because my YES to You is more important than anything else. Amen.