I Do It My Way......

Frank Sinatra sang a song with this statement: ".....I do it my way...."
This is what we are mostly told, do it your way, if it feels good it has to be good. Or how about this one: "I know what I am doing, my way or the highway"

Of course, God has given us a brain to think but that refers to thinking about His ways more than our own ways. Proverbs in the Bible are full of thoughts on how we should live our lives and why.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; Prov. 3:5

Doing it my way has always unwanted consequences. Being brought up in Germany, often we are taught not to ask for help and to do things our way until there is absolute no way to continue on our own. Which should  not be the way of the Church. Living our life "my way" limits us. We cannot receive the waste intelligence and provision of God that way. One must believe though that there is a better way of living, making decisions. One must believe that God is the ultimate Wisdom in the universe.

As a woman, I have also found out that submitting myself to trusted persons in my life brings protection. God will use others to confirm and protect our course in life. For example: When I purchase a car, which I frequently do, I always consult trusted people. Not only 1 person but 2 or 3.

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. Prov. 15:22

I am saying that, by getting advise from others, I actually stay protected rather than foolish.
Submitting to others, such a word most people shy away from it. But as we submit ourselves to each other, God says this: 
- to yield oneself to the power or authority of another. Which means that God will hold the person giving advise responsible for the outcome not the person asking for advise. Ergo: I am safe even if the decision turns out to be wrong. God's Grace will fix it, if I then turn to Him for help.

This is a very complex subject for another time, just getting your mind interested in maybe digging deeper.

Summery: Ask God for the way to go, don't rely on your own understanding on matters at hand and include others that can be trusted.

Once again, good bye and be well until next time.