Who's In Charge?

 

   I was watching my granddaughters one afternoon.  We had been having fun and after lunch I announced, "Okay, you both need to be changed before we go outside."  

  The baby of course had no objections, but my older granddaughter said, "I don't want you to change me."

  "I know, but it's my job to take care of you.  I'll do your sister first and then you're next."  As I left the room my granddaughter said under her breath, "I thought I was in charge."

  As I walked away I couldn't help but laugh inwardly. "Did she really think she was in charge?"  As I thought about this again later another thought came to mind.  I wonder how many times I have said that to God?  How many times has a challenging situation come my way and I have complained, "I don't want things to change.  I like things just the way they are."

  Trusting my heavenly Father should be easy, right?  I know He wants the best for me.  I know His Plan is always good, but let's face it, I sometimes act like a little child and think I'm in charge and know what's best.  When I find myself winning a little too much in my prayer time, I am reminded of the verse from Isaiah 55:8-9, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.  As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways. and my thoughts above your thoughts."

  Perhaps this is the reason I laughed at my granddaughter.  I know all too well that I still have my moments when I act like a silly little girl.  I'm so grateful that my Heavenly Father still gathers me in His arms and whispers, "You can be more than you imagine."

-Susan