God created me for success. It is a powerful thing, writing that sentence. Those words never existed in my being before I walked with Jesus on these quiet paths. I never knew that He had intended anything for me, let alone success. Isn’t “success” greed and self-importance and fame? No. Success is surrendering to God and responding to His call.
God has a plan for me, He told me as we walked. He put a divine purpose into my hands and smiled. Then he clasped His hands heavily around mine and looked deeply and incredibly lovingly into my eyes. We’ll do these things together, He said, and I realized this is all I’ve ever wanted.
It is the desire of the hearts of all God’s children to surrender to Him fully and serve Him joyfully. You may not have fully realized this yet, what with all of the noise from the outside and all the doubts on the inside, but God is the desire of your heart. Walk a while with Him alone and you will see. He has been waiting to show you.
The noise of the world will fade to birdsong and koi splashes and in His company, doubts will scatter with the leaves, tumbling further and further away until they blend with the scenery. It won’t be long, after you’ve made some fragrant, open space for Him, that your own plans and devices lose their luster. You find yourself wondering aloud to God what His intentions for you might be. He will answer you, and you will listen like never before. Then your heart will respond to His call with assurance that you are, on every side, girded and hemmed with His blessings.
Let the weak say I am strong. Joel 3:10
Meeting God at the Park 