Handing in My Resignation

"Resignation to the will of God is the whole of piety; it includes in it all that is good; and is a source of the most settled quiet and composure of mind." Joseph Butler

This is just one thing I have read this week that spoke to my stubborn heart. Those of you who know me well, know how I have been struggling with the fact that I will soon be having to work, outside the home, really for the first time since I got married. This July would have been 30 years of marriage for Dale and I. He was always the provider, and I liked it like that. Now with him gone, it is time for me to earn a living. Yet, this week the Lord really has been working in my heart, and it has been good. The following sums it up, in an email I sent to a friend this morning.

This has been a week of very specific learning at our Saviors hand, as He as been gently trying to break me of my resentment and fear of having to work. Each day He has shown me how to release one more finger on my tightly clenched fist. Contentment, resignation, faith, trust, seeing His will as good.

As I read Ps 33 this morning, these words hit me between the eyes; 'For the word of the Lord is upright; and all His work is done in faithfulness.' All His work, not just part, even the afflicting works. I pulled out my commentary on the Psalms by Spurgeon, and found words to hang my hat on.

'Let us not present old worn out praise, but put life and soul, and heart, into every song, since we have new mercies every day, and see new beauties in the work and word of our Lord.' I have been singing with worn out praise, and often ignoring the new mercies.

'Whatever God has ordained must be good, and just, and excellent. There are no anomalies in God's universe, except what sin has made; His word of command made all things good...God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand which never fails.'

All He has done, and is doing in my life is good, and just, and excellent, if I see it through His eyes. I don't always like what He has done, is doing, but He has never asked me to collaborate on what is best for me. All He has asked is that I trust His faithfulness, and sing. With joy!

Letting go. Letting God be God. Accepting His will, and shutting up; no murmuring, no complaining, just praise, lots of praise.



Below is a song that I really like, that continues with this thought. I hope it encourages your heart.