Sit still.

The other day in church, my pastor came up to me during a quiet time of worship and asked to pray with me. Knowing that I would be an idiot to decline, I said, "of course." This turned out to be a good move on my part, because the words that he prayed over me were

exactly
what
I
needed
to
hear.

The main message of his prayer was for me to "stop striving."

In thinking about my future.
In preparing for my career.
In relationships.

I spend more time and energy dwelling on and worrying about these things than I do praying about them and giving them completely to God. Instead of trusting in Him and letting his blessings fall on me as a result of His unimaginable love for me, I try to chase after those blessings by making plans and using my own strength. Obviously...that never works. I am trying too hard. So I'm going to stop striving. I'm going to trust God to shower me with His plans. I'm going to sit still in His presence.