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But God...




Hey God, I know you have your plan.  I completely 
trust that You know better than I do.  I am thankful that You 
are always looking out for me. But God...

Usually this prayer is me telling God that I know He knows best, but it ends with phrases like "But God, I really think _______..."

If you're like me, you've probably tried to inform God of why your own plans seem great.  What goes in the blank for you?


-But God, I should get this job offer.
-But God, getting that promotion would really help out.
-But God, I really think this is the perfect time to start dating that person.
-But God, my plans for college/my career sound safer than what I think You're telling me.
-But God, I want to get married by this time, and have a family by this time.
-But God, I know you created me, but I'm unsure that I'm enough.
-But God, I'm sure someone else will be better at telling them about You.


Those are just some things that are pretty common for us to tell God.  While we know and will even admit that His plans are better than our own, how often is that followed by "but God, this one plan of mine actually might be better..."

It's like we sometimes think that maybe this one time we had a better idea than the One who created the whole entire world.  That maybe we realized something He hasn't thought of yet, so we better inform Him just in case our plan is actually better.  I'm gonna go ahead and guess this will never be the case.

I think it is so important to go to God with the desires of our heart.  He wants to listen and help us through things.  But our prayers may need to look more like asking Him to change our hearts instead of His plans.

Here is the only "But God" we should be focusing on:

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ-it is by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:4-5)

Our mindset so easily falls to "But God, here is what else You can do for me"; let's change that. We try to plan our lives and we fail every time we go off of His path, BUT GOD gave His Son to save us from that.  Let's put more value on who He is and how we can thank Him than our earthly wants.

God is wise and powerful! Praise Him forever and ever. (Daniel 2:20)

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