WAY

And now I will show you the most excellent way.  1 Corinthians  12:31b NIV

Admit it deep down inside you want your way. I mean I know I do, it just makes things easier when I get my way.

If we were to think about it, we are born wanting our way. We fussed we wanted to eat. We fussed when we didn't want to sleep. We fused because, well, just because. Babies have a knack for getting their way.

Soon though we learn that the wonderful world doesn't actually revolve around us. That other people can have a turn. That sometimes we have to wait to eat. That the best temper tantrum or pouty lip doesn't get us our way.

Learning to yield to another person's idea is one of the things we have to deal with in order to grow up and mature into, dare I say the word, adult.

There's a way even better than some one's else's idea. After all He has good plans for us. He knows everything.

I am sure Mary had a plan for her life. She would marry Joseph raise a few kids and gladly stay in Nazareth living her days. Instead, she let God have His way. She was willing to do what God asked of her.

She under went the ridicule, the stares that went with being pregnant before Joseph and her were married. She left her family and friends to travel to Bethlehem while very pregnant. She had to flee and live in another country for awhile just to keep this child safe. Then when this child grew into a man she eventually had to watch him die an agonizing death.

She could of had her way. She could have stuck to her plan. Instead she let God have His way and it made all the difference for each of us.

Will you let God show you the most excellent way?