The good news is this: God is just as ready, willing, and able to care for matters that result from our own bad decisions as He is for situations that are thrust upon us, either by others or by circumstances beyond our control. God wants us to trust Him with everything.
The path God chooses for us might not be easy, but He walks with us all the way and lightens our load. More accurately, He carries the load for us.
Once we've committed everything to Him, we still pray about our needs; but now we pray with a genuine sense of joy and praise. And if God doesn't act as quickly as we think He should, we do not fret, because we no longer need to concern ourselves with God's affairs! And we don't have to go to sleep at night worrying about God's assets!
My best advice to you is to take time right now and commit your situation to God - the loss of your job, your uncertain future, and even your spouse and children. If you have worried all your life, this transfer of ownership will be a struggle at first. Do it anyway. "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7).
Surrender is a proven pathway to peace!
- Erwin W. Lutzer, Making the Best of a Bad Decision
Imagine having a boss who guides us not only in making the best of bad decisions, but also in making the best decisions. If only we would consult him, we would be free to work for him, knowing that he will cover us with his position/rank should things not work out the way they should.
"The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord." - Joshua 9:14 (NIV)
Imagine having God as your boss. Really inquiring of Him in everything. God gives us wisdom to make the right choices and - if we go ahead and make the wrong choices anyway - works all things for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose (provided we repent). If only we would commit our way to Him, we would be free to live for Him, knowing that He will cover us with the blood of the Lamb when we sin and fall short of His glory.
"The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." - Romans 5:20-21 (NIV)
Which is not an excuse to take sin lightly.
"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?" - Romans 6:1-2 (NIV)
If we should leave certain decisions to our boss to handle, how much more should we cast all our anxieties on the only wise God!
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