Are you facing a decision tonight that is causing turmoil within your spirit? Is what God wants you to do something that doesn't please you? Does your way seem easier and more pleasant? Maybe it will help if I share an experience with you.

Several days after our wedding, Morris and I began life together by pastoring a church in New Hampshire. I knew Morris had a call on his life to minister in the evangelistic field, but I was sure God wouldn't release him from pastoring until our family was established.

We were expecting our first child when Morris came to me and said it was time to go out on the field and conduct crusades. I knew we had to obey God's call. Reluctantly I agreed, but privately, my heart cried out for understanding. "Surely, God, You could let us have a few years together settled down and pastoring!" My child was due in several months. I did not want to go out not having the security of a place to call home. What a battle I fought in my spirit.

It wasn't until I surrendered my will to the Lord and accepted His Word, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33), that peace came to my heart and with it an excitement about moving into a life of adventure and faith. If I hadn't obeyed God, we would have missed the tremendous blessings of reaching the nations of the world with the Gospel.

Give God your plans now. Tell Him to show you clearly what His plans are. I can assure you that there is no better way than God's way.

Father, I thought I had a better way, but now I see that Your ways are higher than my ways. I surrender my plans to You. I will walk with You, Father, wherever You lead me, for I know it is for my good, and You have no defeats planned for me. In Jesus' Name, Amen.