His Way is Greater than My Way
His Way is Greater than My Way
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than our ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9
If asked the question, “Do you think your way is higher than God’s way?” We would firmly answer, “Absolutely NOT!” We would profess that we know that God’s way is always best. Yet, if we could not speak and someone just read the pages of our life what would they read? Would they read that we believe God’s way is best and we are submitted to living His way? Or would they read that we believe we know what is best for us and are focused on getting our own way?
If we are honest with ourselves, we will see that we are self-centered and elevate ‘our way’ very easily. To live a life that reflects that we believe His way is best is not easy, it is not popular and it is not natural. We cannot do it on our own, but then if we love Jesus and have accepted Him as our Savior, we are not on our own, are we?
5 Changes We Should Make…
1. Stop striving and start surrendering. Instead of striving to get our way, we can surrender to His plan for our life. Instead of going for what we want, let’s seek what He wants for us. Scriptures tell us our life, our way, is to be crucified with Christ and if He is alive in us, then we should be living our life surrendered to Him. (Galatians 2:20)
2. Stop conforming to the patterns of the world and allow God to do some transforming. We are conformers. Our way is to fit in, to be liked and to be a part. We compare ourselves to others and try to measure up. That’s not God’s way. He says each one of us is His unique creation, His masterpiece. He has a specific plan and purpose for us. We are to be set apart for His glory. (Romans 12:2)
3. Stop being offended and start being grace givers. Our way is to place expectations on people, to judge others and to criticize. God’s way is to love unconditionally and to freely forgive. His way is to forgive and love those who do not love us. His way means offering grace. (Matthew 5:43-44)
4. Stop submitting to the busyness of life and start creating margin. Margin is blank space. Our way wants to fill every second and check lots of items off the To Do list. God’s way is for us to make time for Him, to be still and know, to rest in Him. When was the last time you took a leisurely walk and just thanked Him for all He has done for you? Having some margin allows the static to quieten, the clutter in our mind to subside and opens up space to hear from God. Jesus withdrew and spent time with God, we should, too.
5. Stop practicing religion and start growing your relationship with Jesus. We don’t want to just do what we think is expected of us, check it off our list and hope we are earning our way into pleasing Him. His way is to have a relationship. He asks us to love Him with all our heart, soul and mind. When we do that, we will spend time with Him, serve Him and surrender more and more to Him.
His way is greater than our way. His way is for us to surrender to Him and allow a transformation to take place in our life. His way is for us to love unconditionally and forgive freely. His way is for us to slow down, keep our priorities in order and spend time with Him. His way is for us to grow to know Him more.
Let’s start living our life His way!
Note from Pam:
Thank you for reading this blog post. It is my prayer that God will use my words to encourage you to engage Jesus in an intimate relationship. I love working with women one to one and in groups to help them remove their blindspots and move forward in true freedom and leadership. I would love to come alongside you and help you step into God’s plan for your life. If that is of interest to you, let’s chat. Just click here.
I love you and am thankful you are here. Let’s ask, “Master, what matters?” and let’s engage Him and experience the more He came to offer.
Pam
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