Do What You Must Do, God

In my life I have never faced what I faced in the past few months. The disappointment has, in some instances, been more than I thought I could battle with. Succeeding after a struggle and then having everything result in a failure is hard to deal with. Yesterday I felt like I had been handed a balloon only to have someone say, "Oh, we failed to tell you that you can't keep it. Here's the pin to pop the balloon with."

I know what it is all about. The answer is simple but the remedy is not so easy to swallow. All the sadness, the uncertainty, all the questions; they are here for one reason and one reason only. It's about Jesus. He knows that I won't necessarily grow within my comfort zone. So he gently pushes me out onto the sea but he doesn't take his hand off of my shoulder as the waves come and toss my boat about. I need to grow and I must let go. All the hopes, all the dreams, and all of the desires that I had for myself are laid down. My will must be broken to be God's will.

Lord, change my heart from deep within
Purify me once again
Renew my mind to love Your truth
Make me more and more like You.

Lord, cause my will to choose Your ways,
in each temptation that I face.
Until Your glory's shining through,
make me more and more like You.

More and more like You...
More and more like You...
...do whatever you must do, to make me more and more like You.

That's the prayer of my heart right now. "Do whatever you must do, to make me more like You." Drag me through the fire, Lord; but go with me. You can let the wind buffet against me but Lord, don't let it push me over. Break my will and bring me closer to you, King of Kings. Do whatever You must do, Jesus. I will keep going day by day. The stosms will come as I walk through the valley and the sun will break as I scale the mountain. God is with me and I can carry on.

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