Humbling and Life Giving

James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Humbling myself before God is something I'm currently working on.  I am trying to lay my desires and plans aside and give God the control. All of my life I have prayed and spent time in the Word to discern where God has led. I believe God has been very clear and given me a strong pathway to follow.  But I still got in the way, I'm discovering. I was still making my plans and then including God.  Now I am being forced to include God and then make my plans.  It is a massive faith builder.  God knows what His plans for me are going to be, but He is holding them just out of my reach. It has been fun in one way and completely frustrating in another.  This is the humility God is giving me.  I am learning to go to Him first, seek Him first, and then He will put everything else into place.  I am seeking with all I have, even when it's frustrating and difficult, but He is being faithful. Living in resurrection with expectancy, and absolutely no expectations of what is coming.  It is humbling and life giving all at the same time.