When God Changes the Course Of Your Life
Since the days of old, God has always been in the business of changing the course of people’s lives. From Abraham, to Moses, Gideon, David, Ruth, Peter, Apostle Paul and many others even in our generation, their lives changed when God showed up and revealed Himself to them. For some, it was more of a “date with destiny”, but for others, it was purposeful, and God had to do what He had to do. The fact that God came into their lives and changed their course doesn’t mean that they were living meaningless lives. Far from it, in fact, some were wealthy businessmen, farmers, shepherds and fishermen, while others had great rewarding careers and were experts in their own fields. It simply means that God revealed His divine plans and purposes for their respective lives which required that they surrender and submit themselves to His agenda.
One of the things we need to come to terms with is that God changes the course of people’s lives and when He comes calling, our lives end up taking a totally different direction from the one we had anticipated. We may have our own dreams, expectations, set goals and well laid out plans on how to accomplish them, but this cannot prevent God from revealing His plans and purposes to us. Most of the time, He gives us a totally different assignment from what we were doing, and in some instances, everything we had labored for falls apart and sometimes comes crumbling right before our eyes which can become a very unpleasant thing to us.
You’ll agree with me that for some of us, when we got saved, things went downhill and as a result we were ridiculed, mocked, looked down upon and even rejected. In reality and before the eyes of men and women, it doesn’t make sense why God would call someone who seemed to be doing well in life and all of a sudden his or her life crumbles down or things become difficult for them. Yet, it happens. David, for example, was doing well as a shepherd until God came calling. Joseph was okay in his father’s house until God began to get involved in his life. If you are in such a situation where you had to lose everything for the sake of Christ, it’s not abnormal. God deals with all of us differently depending on the plans and purposes He has for us.
Moreover, Jesus said;
Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it ~ Matthew 16:24-25.
Total surrender and submission to God is the only way out of these situations. Running away from Him and His plans for us because we can’t let go and yield to Him is not the solution. Some of us hold our lives so tight and act in a way of letting God know that He can’t just come in and spoil everything for us. Yet what we don’t know is that when God comes calling, He always has great plans. He knows that He will save others and show other people light through us. But when we fail to yield and allow Him to use us for His own glory, we do it at the expense of other people’s lives and destinies. God does not give man something to benefit himself alone, but to serve Him and humanity. In most cases, He requires you to let go and let Him take ownership of you.
