Completely lost, but loving every minute of it....

^"A person’s steps are directed by the LORD.
 How then can anyone understand their own way?"

                                                           Proverbs 20:24(NIV)

"In their hearts humans plan their course,
  but the LORD establishes their steps."

                                                          Proverbs 16:9(NIV)


Letting go. To humans, its possibly one of the hardest actions for us to accomplish. Whether it be our possessions, other people, pasts, or even our lives...letting go seems to go farther and deeper than just letting go.

Let's go back, oh 5 years or so ago, to a 15 year old Reh. This guy had his life all planned out because he thought he was in control, and he wasn't letting go of that control anytime soon. Reh would've said, oh after I graduate, I'm going to move to LA..as far as possible from SC, and go to school somewhere out there. He would've also said that he would be an actor and be successful. He would've continued on to plan his life according to how Reh wanted it to go.


Now lets fast forward back to the present. Obviously, I am not in LA. Ironically I went to school my freshman year farther away than I do now. I'm only an hour and half away from home (if you do the speed limit) and I'm nowhere near being successful in an acting career. Now according to 15 year old me, I should be absolutely miserable. Fortunately for me, I'm not. Proverbs 16:9 and Proverbs 20:24 explain it well. You see, 15 year old me had my whole life planned out for the way I wanted then. What the younger version of me didn't see was that a couple years later, God would practically take my self-drawn map of my life and rip it up, replacing with His own map. I had planned my life to a t, but I was determining my steps. Now I don't have any plan for my life but God is  directing my steps, which ultimately will direct me in a drastically different direction than 15 year old me (Praise God!)

In the world we live, we are supposed to have everything in our lives sorted out. We are supposed to go to school, get a diploma, get a job, get married, live a successful life(whatever that means)...but yet, wheres the part that says, "Live your life according to how God wants you to"? We get so caught up in planning our own ways that we somehow try to take God's plan, a perfect and good plan, and make it fit with our plan. Let me tell you something, trying to make God's plan fit into our own plans will ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS...in case you didn't get the point, ALWAYS result in failure in some way or another. Its impossible. You will be miserable if you try to do that. Taking your plans and making them fit into God's plan, no matter how drastically different it may be, will result in living a life based solely on God's will, which is perfect.


As I sit here, two weeks away from possibly one of the biggest trips in my life, I wonder how different it would have been. How different my life would be, if I didn't let God take control. If I wasn't so completely lost in His ocean of grace. If I hadn't of let go of my pride, my selfishness, and way of living. I probably wouldn't be posting this. Actually, to tell the truth, I would probably have been passed out drunk right about now somewhere. How much my life has changed, all because I let go of it, I said, "so long self".  I am no longer 15 year old Reh Harvey, I am a mere capsule that God is using for His glory.

The greatest part of this whole post, you can be too! It's time. Let go of your life. It's only a temporary life anyway. Think about it, who gave you this life? How can you control what you do with a life that you were permitted to borrow? Let go and start letting God determine your steps. His plan is greater and a whole lot better than what you've got planned. I promise you that. Wherever you go, go in the name of Jesus. Take notice, I never once said letting God take control means an easier life, because it doesn't. If you do that, you'll be going against the world, so frankly it could possibly get harder. Dying to your self, aka letting go of control, can be scary at times, even uncomfortable, but remember that God is in control and He allows everything to work together for your good.

I promise you though, its worth it.

Let Go and Let God, my friends.