Skip to main content

When God Says No

NO!

We hate that answer.

We want a yes.  
We want a yes the way WE want our yes.  
The way WE want things to go. 
The way WE have made it up in our mind how our lives should work.

But what do you do when He says no?

Do you even give Him an opportunity to say no or do we not even ask Him?

His yes will be determined by how we handle His no.  

What do I mean by that?

It comes down to obedience.  

If you get into your car to go to a destination, there are certain roads that you shouldn't take.  Those roads may lead to dead ends, a bridge that's out, or  a detour that will take you hours away from your final destination. It's important to follow the directions to get to your goal on time and efficiently.  

I think sometimes we obey google maps more than we obey God. 

We put our trust in a computer program to get us to where we need to go more than we put our trust in an all knowing, all powerful God who can direct our lives and lead us along the perfect plan He has for us.

In order for God to give us a yes, the yes that will open doors only He can open, we have to be willing to trust that His no is part of the plan too.  The Bible says in Ephesians 3:10 that He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine. So while we want to control the outcome, He is saying, "Trust. Let me work. Let me do more than what you are even thinking can be done. I will take your plan, change it to mine, and exceed all of your expectations.  But you have to trust. And you have to accept my no's when I give them to you."

What He can do through us and for us depends on the power we allow to flow through us.  Don't quench His spirit.  When we take matters into our own hands, we plug up the flow of the spirit in our lives.  We dam up His plan.  We put a stop to what He wants to do because we trust our own ability over His.

His ways are not our ways. His thoughts are not our thoughts. Perfect surrender is allowing Him to take control.  It's getting under His authority and direction for your life.  

And learning to not pitch a fit when He says no.

When He says no, trust that it is still part of His plan.  We can never walk fully in the yes of His plan, if we don't learn to understand that the noes are also directing us and saving us and molding us.  

One more thought -  In the last sentence of the first paragraph, you'll notice that I wrote that God will lead us ALONG the perfect plan He has for us, no TO the perfect plan. Learn to enjoy the process.  Enjoy the scenery and the lessons and the people you will meet WHILE you are living His plan. The beauty, the miracles, the growth, the learning, the love -  it's all found in the process, not just the end result. 

The noes are part of the process.  

Stop kicking against the noes and learn to see them as God's guiding hand, saving you from the wrong way, and leading you to people and situations and outcomes that are perfectly designed to grow you, mold you, and keep up safe.  Most importantly, they will teach you that He is a mighty God. He loves you so much that He hold you in the palm of His hand, and if you let Him, He will direct your steps and light your path.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What are we listening to?

I recently purchased this book called Women of the Word which was recommended to me by a friend.  It's a year long devotional of 52 women in the Bible.  I'm on week one and God is already using it to teach me.  EVE WHAT GOD SAID:  You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die. WHAT EVE TOLD THE ENEMY GOD SAID:  We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, "You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and  you must not touch it,  or you will die." WHAT THE ENEMY TOLD EVE:  You will not certainly die,  for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. First -  Eve added to God's word. Second - so did the enemy. Seeing this leads me to ask two questions: 1. How of...
Post a Comment
Read more

DO NOT LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

Lord, use me.  A prayer I've prayed a million times.  But lately I've been doing some soul searching, or rather God has been telling me about myself. (Don't you love when he does that.)  I've always wanted to be used by God greatly.  I've said that I've surrendered all, sang the song a million times, and just turn around to pick up all the junk I've laid on the alter for the 15th time that month and try to figure out this "surrendered" life I'm supposed to lead.  I've tried to map out how he can use me, where he can use me, and what he will have me doing.  Well let me just tell you folks, my head has been stuck in the sand for many years.  Now don't get me wrong, I've always wanted what God wanted for me and although I've put up a fight for a few things, I usually give in, hang my head like a little girl, and say "You were right all along and I should have listened the first time."  Why do us girls always try to figu...
1 comment
Read more

More than the Hem

"And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,  Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.  And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?  And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.  And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.  And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace." Luke 8:43:48 We hear it preached about her incredible faith and devotion that led her to touch the hem of his robe.  The story of seeking, finding, and being healed....
Post a Comment
Read more