Have you ever caught yourself thinking:
“If I just do things right… life will work out”?
It’s a subtle belief many of us carry—that we are in control of our futures.
That’s part of what I shared in a recent article with Cross River Media (the publisher of Unbeaten). Here’s a small piece of it:
“There’s this subtle belief many of us carry: if we do things ‘right,’ life will turn out a certain way. We work hard, pray faithfully, show up for others, and expect that at some point, we’ll be rewarded with the life we dreamed of. But when the job falls through, the diagnosis shows up, or the relationship crumbles—what then?
‘Pain forced me to face the truth,’ Lindsey said. ‘I realized I was trusting more in my plan than in God’s. And when it didn’t happen the way I thought it would, I spiraled.’
It’s a gut-punch moment, but also an invitation. When life doesn’t go as planned, we’re gently (or not so gently) ushered into a deeper trust. Not trust that everything will magically work out, but trust in the One who holds it all.”
So I want to ask you today…
Are you clinging to the illusion to control like I was?
Are you believing – deep down – that as long as you do X, God will do Y?
