He Can Work It Out (If You Let Him)

What does God desire for His children?

Take a moment and seriously think about the answer to this question.

This morning on the way to work I was listening to the Yolanda Adams station on Pandora and the song Jesus Can Work It Out came on. Most of you reading this know the song.  The chorus simply says, 'Jesus Can Work It Out...If You Let Him...Jesus Can Work It Out.  The first verse goes on to say

That problem that I had, couldn't seem so solve. I tried and I tried and I kept getting deeper involved. Then I turned it over to Jesus and I stopped worrying about it.  I turned it over to the Lord and HE worked it out.  You are probably asking what this has to do with the question I asked at the beginning of this post.  Well let's start by agreeing that God wants what is best for His children.  Do you believe it?  Good...that's settled.  So why are you still worrying about that situation?  Stressing about something or somebody that you have no control over.  God has the solution to your problem but as the saying goes, 'we get in our own selves way'.  I have found that I tend to be my own worst enemy when it comes to letting God work things out for me.  God is either not fixing it the way I think He should or He is just taking too long.  And as a result of that thinking I take matters back into my own hands.  Shouldn't I have figured out by now that only delays my deliverance. 

Look at the children of Israel. God delivered them out of Egypt and led them across The Red Sea (on dry land), into the wilderness (where He sustained them), on the way to the Promised Land. Instead of surrendering to the will of God and the plan He had for them they continued to do evil in the sight of the Lord.  They didn't trust God with their future.  They didn't trust that there was a reason behind the route that they had to take.  That each location was designed to teach them something.  And as a result many of them did not enter the Promised Land.  Sound familiar?  It does to me.  Here I am complaining about the place I am now because in my mind it is taking God to long to deliver.  Every time I see just a smidgen of light I do something to self-sabotage my situation ensuring that I remain in my storm. How do I self-sabotage?  I take the problem back into my own hands, thinking I know the best way to solve the problem.  Forget God working it out, I tell myself I got this. What could be further from the truth?  If I had it and could figure it out on my own I wouldn't need God,  And I am the first person to admit I need God for everything. 

If I believe that the promises of God are Yea and Amen.  That if He said it in His Word it will come to pass.  That my God shall supply all my needs (mental, physical and spiritual) according to His riches in glory (Phil. 4:19).  That whatever I ask in Your name will be done so that the Father may be glorified in the Son (John 14:13).  That His plans are to prosper and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future (Jer. 29:11).  That I don't need to be anxious about anything, instead I should pray about everything and the peace of God will guard my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus (Phil 4:6-7).  Deliverance is not always about a change in circumstance.  Deliverance for me sometimes has just been about changing my way of thinking. Having true FAITH. There ought to be a difference in the way you, as a Child of God, look at a situation.  Why is it so easy for us to trust God with our eternal destiny but not  our everyday situations?  That problem that you are going through right now, God wants to work it out.  The question of the day is "Will you let Him?"  Will you trust Him with whatever the situation is, leaving it at the altar? 

Most Gracious Heavenly Father,

Thou who made me and knows everything about me.  Giver of grace and mercy.  My Comforter.  My Healer, My Waymaker. You done so much for me already and yet I still fail to trust You in everything.  Lord I all things I want you to get the glory out of my life through every trial and every storm.  Help me to trust You.  This situation I'm going through, I know that I can't handle it so I am standing on Your Word and believing that You know what's best for me.  I leaving it with You.  When I am tempted to pick it back up help me to instead pray for strength and peace.  I'm going to let You work it out for me and get ALL the glory.  In Jesus' Precious Name I pray Amen.