Not that Smart

So here’s something you probably already know and may not really want to be reminded of: you are not the smartest person in the world. Go ahead. Sit down. Take a moment if you need to come to terms with that. It’s a humbling statement to say out loud. Dropping your pride to admit that maybe there is someone else who knows more than you do can be scary. A lot of the time when people suggest what they think is best for us, we tend to get all defensive because we think we always know what’s the best for us. Sometimes we’re right and sometimes we’re not. What if there was someone who was so much smarter than we can possibly imagine? …Oh wait! There is.

How hard is it to believe that God really knows what is best for us? I mean, my goodness, He created the whole universe! Of course, He is smarter than we are! Our tiny, mushy brains cannot comprehend how big and massive He is. We can’t even begin to understand all the twists and turns in our story that have made us who we are and brought us to where we are. But God has seen every single twist 

and wind and bump in the road and has been there riding shotgun with us every step of the way.

See that’s what makes our lives so beautiful. The mystery of our lives is what makes them so wonderful. I mean, yeah there are definitely sometimes I wish I knew all the answers about my life. Where I am going to work one day. Who I am going to marry. Where I’m going to live. All of these things would be nice to know. Although, it could be very overwhelming. I mean, what if God told me that I was going to live in Canada? There are no sandy, Floridian beaches in Canada! That would really freak me out. Fortunately, God knows I can’t handle all of that information at once. So He lets me figure it out (with His guidance of course) and that’s when life becomes an exciting adventure.

We are a society that doesn’t like being told what we should do. We like to be our own boss. We like to explore and discover. We like to try to understand things that don’t make sense. The best news though is that we have the best tour guide in the universe on our side! Someone who wants us to succeed but also want us to ask for His help. Someone who lets us make our own choices but wants us to seek His will for our lives. We may not always know the right answers and we aren’t always going to make the right choices. But just know your #1 fan, supporter, best friend is right beside you waiting for you to ask Him to help you. He already knows the answers and He’s a lot smarter than you are. So trust Him.