{"id":723,"date":"2022-08-16T06:59:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T06:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/2026\/01\/28\/surrender-to-god\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T05:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:42:32","slug":"surrender-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/surrender-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"God Has A Plan For Your Life That’s Bigger Than You Could Ever Imagine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you in control? We sure do try. You might organize your day planner, clean a closet<\/a> or take charge of something you\u2019ve been wishy washy on. But what if the best thing you could do for you was to let go, and let God<\/strong>? That\u2019s when truly amazing things happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The times we are in might be leaving you feeling a little uncertain\u2014maybe worried. In the past year, you might have tried to take control of your health\u2014your finances\u2014your kids\u2019 schooling\u2014your emotional well-being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But have you really been in control? No way! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has been the most out of control couple of years any of us have experienced. We can\u2019t control things like how a virus spreads, or how that impacts the economy. We can\u2019t control what the school district decides to do with hybrid or in-person learning. And we can\u2019t control how much toilet paper is on the shelf of the grocery store. But in all of those circumstances, we can control one thing: us.<\/strong> And how we react to it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your life is like a road trip. You\u2019ve got a plan and a destination. You\u2019re in the driver\u2019s seat and your foot is on the gas pedal. Only, you\u2019re actually sitting in the backseat. You\u2019re not directing the driver. You\u2019re not even holding the map. God is steering and He is taking you exactly where you NEED to go. Which is not always where you WANT to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you want<\/a> may not be what is best. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And by best, I mean God\u2019s plan, which is bigger than you could ever imagine. It doesn\u2019t always make sense to us\u2014but it\u2019s designed to bring Him glory. And in your heart, I think you really want to be a part of that, right? If it makes you feel better, the life you\u2019re living right now was planned for you before God even created the planets and stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next time you\u2019re about to utter the words, \u201cI got this,\u201d maybe ask God if you really do. In the grand scheme of life, surrender is one of the hardest things we do.<\/strong> It means giving up our will in place of God\u2019s will. It means using our lives for His glory, and not our own. It\u2019s hard. And it\u2019s a choice. A choice that you control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terese Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Afternoon Host, STAR 99.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you in control? We sure do try. You might organize your day planner, clean a closet or take charge of something you\u2019ve been wishy washy on. But what if the best thing you could do for you was to let go, and let God?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[12,41,19],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-growth","tag-encouragement","tag-faith","tag-trust-god"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 01:07:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star991\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}