What If

For years “what ifs” have been plaguing our very existence, and for years we have allowed our lives to be dominated by the affairs of our past. Do you ever just sit and think of the “what ifs” in your life? For example, what if you did not fall for that person, what would be your situation right now? Had you not followed that crowd where would you be? If the courage to speak up were within you, would that have made a difference? For most of us, if you had just listened, what would be your position at this exact moment? We all have questions like these running  through our minds ever so often, and sometimes it is frightening us more and more with every thought, simply because we knew the potential we had before getting involved with the wrong company or putting ourselves in the wrong situations.

Ask yourself this question, what good is it doing you dwelling on your past? For the past is gone and can never return, so why not look forward to the future? If you cannot see a bright future ahead of you, someone knows there is one for you. He allows you to wake up every morning to see new mercies; he protects you from that harm and danger that may be lurking around you. In addition, when you believe all hope is gone, he gives you another reason to thank him.

God is the author and finisher of your faith (Heb 12:2), and as long as you wake up every morning to see his glory, give him the praises that he deserves. Sometimes your situation may be a little overbearing, or so you may think, but your burdens are not yours to carry but his (Matt 11:28-30). Maybe just maybe, if you cry out to him and for once just ask for his help, just maybe your situation may change, you never know he may be calling you out of your situations, but you are the one just too stubborn to listen. As the saying goes “let go and let God” and start living your life the way you ought to.