The Encouraging Word from KLOVE Christian radio today was “I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from Him,” from Psalm 62:1. How different this is from the ‘way of this world’ which tells us that we need to have a daily “to do list” based on our five-year plan, and we always need to be working on it. “What do you want to do when you grow up?” “What is your business plan?” “Where will you be next year?” Are but a few of the questions we’ve all fielded our whole lives. Yet every person I still know from High School (except 1!) has changed careers at least twice and several 3 times in the last thirty years! The reality is that we just don’t know what is going to happen and how we will react to it. Who plans to get divorced? – Yet 60% of people do! Who plans to lose their job? – Yet nearly everyone does at one time or another. Who plans to get sick? Only God knows what is ahead and what we need to be doing to prepare. So why do we spend so little time asking God “What do YOU want me to do here?” Why do we accept the lie that we should always know and be able to plan and protect against the unknown? I talk about this in greater length in God For Everyone, but today even the author needed to be reminded that this book, website, and God’s plan for my life are safely in His hands and not mine. It’s counter-intuitive to relax and trust God with what I’ve done and not feel weighted down by a list 5 miles long of what this venture will require to succeed according to the “experts,” but that happened slowly over time. I was indoctrinated with a lie that I am now painfully having to unlearn. My soul trusts the God who has proven Himself to me, and relaxing and trusting that my best is good enough for now (even when my best isn’t very good), really feels more right. I shall go enjoy the Olympics now with a quiet conscience for God is faithful, and I must wait patiently for His plan and stop trying to force mine down a Divine throat that just wants to sing.