Trusting in God’s guidance and letting go of our own expectations leads to a fulfilling and miraculous life that surpasses our imagination.
“However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—”
1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV
In our everyday lives, we have all sorts of expectations for good things to happen. Sometimes, when you have faith and believe in God’s work, you start telling yourself that because God is doing great things, this situation will definitely get better by a certain time or in a certain way. You might even think that certain things should happen according to your own timeline.
The problem is, the more you hold onto these expectations and cling to your own ideas, the more you realize the gap between what you expect and what actually happens. Even if you insist that things won’t change, these expectations can become stressful before you know it.
But when we truly believe in God, we also develop trust and complete obedience to God. We come to understand that God’s love is immense and that God always knows what’s best for us and guides us in the best possible way. We break free from our limited thinking and expand our perspective.
No matter how strongly you believe that your way is the best and the timing is perfect, you’ll eventually see that these imagined scenarios are only short-term and limited to small-scale good things. Sometimes, it might feel like we’re taking a detour, and even the challenges we face provide what we need for personal growth at the right time.
God’s work is constantly unfolding in our lives, guiding us on a larger scale and in more magnificent ways than we could ever imagine. If we understand God’s timeline and follow God’s guidance obediently, we won’t stress out when our plans go awry or things don’t turn out as we expected.
Instead, if we focus on what we can do in the present moment and put in our best effort, we’ll eventually make significant progress at the right time according to God’s plan. We’ll find ourselves being used more and more as instruments of God’s work.
God’s work is always beyond what our eyes have seen, our ears have heard, and our minds have conceived. When we step away from our limited perspective and surrender ourselves to God’s guidance, a wonderful life unfolds in partnership with God.
