When surrender is the smartest strategy

Proverbs 19:21

Many plans can live in a person's heart, but the Lord's purpose stands.

When surrender is the smartest strategy. You can look completely fine on the outside while this is doing a number on you inside. The first feeling is not always the problem. The problem is what you let that feeling authorize. Fear can authorize control. Rejection can authorize chasing. Shame can authorize hiding. Exhaustion can authorize choices you would not make from a clear mind. You do not need omniscience to make a faithful decision. Jesus Christ can direct a surrendered person one step at a time. The goal today is not to control the outcome. It is to stay aligned with Christ while the outcome is still unknown.

What would change if you stopped treating this moment like a verdict?

Jesus Christ, I release my need to control how this turns out. Help me steward what You actually placed in my hands and trust You with what You did not. Amen.

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