I ain't Jesus.

This past weekend was Judgment House at my church Emmanuel Baptist. So pastor Gary thought it would be nice if one of the guys from the JH team, Jeff Huey, got to preach on Sunday morning. Jeff spoke about spiritual warfare and how it impacts Christians and non-Christians, but one seemingly random story he told meant more to me than the entire message combined.

Jeff: "One day a guy asked me to take a job preaching down at a church in Alabama. I told him I'd love to cause I really wanted a job in a church. Then he said that he'd love to have me on the team for at least 5 years, and he wanted to know if I'd agree to that. I told him no because I ain't Jesus and Jesus is the only one who knows what God wants. God could call me into one area of ministry one day and then want me somewhere else the next. We need to stop planning out lives and just listen to where God wants us to go."

YES! AH, I'm so glad someone put it into words for me... and I'm so glad I can relate to someone. There's been an issue of commitment in some of the areas of ministry I was once involved in. Some people have asked me, "Well, how can you just stop leading in that area when you committed to it?" Well... I stopped because that's what I felt God wanted. And it would have been wrong of me to tell God "No, actually... I committed to this.. so I'm going to ignore what You're telling me and do what I think is right." I mean, God wanted me there for a reason and for a season. Who am I to tell Him that He's doing something wrong?

And that story didn't only impact me in that area - I've realized that we have to do that in general with our lives. Sure, it's nice to have a plan. But we cannot ever 100% commit to something (except I guess marriage) because God could have something different for us. And when our plans change and we get to where God wants us, others shouldn't have anything but good things to say to and about us. After all, we're seeking God's will... not ours.