For the longest time in my life I was concerned with writing the story of my own life. I was preoccupied with all my dreams of what I wanted to be and do and I don’t know if I could say whether I gave any thought to what might be the story that God had in mind for my life. When you are self-absorbed and concerned with where you are going and what you are trying to make of yourself you lose sight of whatever it might be that God has planned for you. You find yourself trying to figure it out and wondering why things are not going according to your plan. I found the more I tried to make things works the less they worked out the way I wanted.

After struggling against God for many years, I began to realize that I was trying to take control of everything out of God’s hands and into my own. I loved God and worshipped him but did not let him be a part of where I was going in life. I did not acknowledge that it was God who in the end established my ways (Pro 16:9). I had all these great ideas and grand vision but neglected to consult God or realize that he was actively at work leading me through life….and sometimes that was away from where I was trying to go or what I was trying to do.

When I surrendered myself wholly to letting God guide me and be the one writing my story, life became more enjoyable and more peaceful, and less stressful and disappointing. Our life’s story will never be the story we want to write. Just ask anyone who is over like 10 years old and see if everything so far in life has gone exactly the way they wanted it to…lol.

It was when I realized that I was not truly following Jesus that I knew there would be a different story written in my life. Just saying you are a Christian does not mean you let God write your story. But being a disciple and follower of Jesus means you have turned your life over to a new master and you are no longer the one who is leading it. Following Jesus will result in the most drastic change in your life story that you could imagine. If you are prepared for it, give entire self to the Lord and see how he will use your life story to write his legacy. Even if there is nothing in this new story that you thought there would be, is there any better life story than being part of HIS-story.

Lord, write your story on my heart and lead me in the ways you will for me to go. I don’t know what you have planned, but whatever it is, it is better than anything I could come up with. You are the author of my hope and I am willing to be an open book.