Let’s Get Simple

Sometimes life gets so busy that I feel like I am chasing my tail just to keep my head above water. There’s not a woman on this earth, that I know of, that doesn’t feel like this at times. Some of us feel it often!

Then, we get the mind set that we are going to slow things down, get organized and do “better.” Isn’t it funny that usually at that very time.. we end up with *TOO MUCH* organization? We squeeze the leading of the Holy Spirit out of our lives because we are keeping on task, keeping it simple… and doing ‘better.”

Don’t get me wrong, I love making schedules and being organized. However, the Bible says,

“We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.” Proverbs 16:1

We’ve got to ask Him to lead us. If we try to go by our own plans, we are *guaranteed* failure.

The Bible tells us the Lord gives the right answer. I know we all know this “intellectually.” But … do we act on this? With everything going on in the world today, I think it’s so important that we just get simple. There’s so much we can get caught up in… so much that can steal us away.

To get life more simple, it’s very “simple.” We just go to the Lord. We ask Him to set our plans. He’s going to have the final say anyway, so why not save our hearts and serve Him by going to him FIRST? He’s never going to lead us astray. Galatians 5:4 says,

“I suspect you would never intend this, but this is what happens. When you attempt to live by your own religious plans and projects, you are cut off from Christ, you fall out of grace. Meanwhile we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit. For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love.” (The Message)

So you see, even when we are being our “best religious-selves” by making our own plans we are cut off from Christ.

I believe that is simply because we just squish His lead right out of our days! What we write out on that piece of paper is “set in stone!” To keep my day simple and allow GOD’s leading, I am trying to have “benchmarks” for my day. Basically saying: “Here is a list of things I would love to do in my day” –*IF GOD SEES FIT!* His will, not mine!

If I have something on my list that God doesn’t want to happen for whatever reason, even if my plan is good and something I would think is right unto God, I pray He blocks the way and that He speaks to me. You see, He *WILL* speak to us. It’s more the matter of will we listen. Will we stop long enough to ask God? Do we feel so crazy busy that we don’t take time to ask Him? If that’s the case, we already can count the failure. He says His yoke is easy to carry. Praise God for this. Let’s pray together, encourage each other, and most of all — Let’s get simple and *ONLY* do what GOD leads us to do!