Maybe the title to this post should have been: Surrender: When life doesn’t make sense, surrender it to the one who put your life together.

It’s a modern construct that we think life should make sense. But the ancients saw life as part of God’s overall plan of creation. They saw it specifically as God’s plan for each individual.

Psalm 139:16 says: 

“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, 

And in Your book they all were written, 

The days fashioned for me, 

When as yet they were none of them.”

If David were to plan out his life, it would have never been such a tumultuous and turbulent one. But he understood his life as part of God’s overall plan for his people and specifically for him.

The quicker we can walk away from the modern understanding that we can tailor our life, the quicker we will be able to resolve the unresolvable factors of life. So, surrender your expectations to the one who fashioned your life, even from your mother’s womb.

When verse 16 says, “And in your book they all were written,” I understand several important factors. First God has a plan. Second, God is aware of everything that I go through. Third, God has not forgotten me even when it feels like others have forgotten or, others care less about me. God cares for me.

So, when life doesn’t make sense, surrender it to the one who put your life together.

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