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This is message #706, "Pass On the Spiritual Blessings", by Victoria Osteen. For more inspirational messages, visit https://www.JoelOsteen.com/Messages
You Don’t Have to Know
Post by Joel Osteen
When Moses led the two million Israelites out of slavery into the desert and toward the Promised Land, they were excited. God had just delivered them from Pharaoh after hundreds of years of captivity. I can imagine them asking Moses, "What route are we going to take?" Moses answered, "I don't know." "Where are we going to get food and water?" "I don't know." "How are we going to protect ourselves?" "I don't know." They could have said, "Moses, what kind of leader are you?" But just because you don't know doesn't mean God doesn't have a plan. Moses was comfortable not knowing. He had such a trust in God that he didn't have to understand how everything was going to work out. He took it one step of faith at a time. Take the pressure off. You don't have to know; God knows.
I'm the type of person who wants to know. I like to have a plan. I'm always trying to figure things out. When I don't see a way, I used to get stressed. It's very freeing when you learn this principle that it's okay to say as Moses did, "I don't know how it's going to work out, but I'm at peace." You're taking yourself off the throne and putting God on the throne. When we're trying to figure everything out and manipulate a solution, we're being God. As long as you're on the throne, God will step back. But when you say, "God, I'm not going to spend all my time trying to fix something that only You can fix. I trust You. I know Your plans for me are for good." When you're comfortable not knowing, God will get you to where you're supposed to be.
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