My past week has been overwhelming and filled with nothing but rushing around from one thing to the next. Not only did this monstrosity of a week take up much of my time, but my mental space was at capacity. I ended the week allowing myself the freedom of only having to think about what I was currently doing.

I took each moment one step at a time, allowing myself the freedom to only the only think about the next thing when I was finished with the current. I was amazed at all of the “future questions: from other people that I was getting in the midst of this. Maybe people ask stuff like this all the time, and because I usually have a plan, I typically have an answer. Even when I told these well-intentioned friends that I wasn’t really thinking that far ahead, they followed up with more “future questions” after.

That’s how we are. The world around us wires us to plan for the future and expect everyone to have a plan that follows some seemingly logical set of rules that have been formed over years of asserting our expectations on to the next generation.

We also want to know what’s next. We want to peek into the future to see what’s around the bend so that we can comfort ourselves in the present with the knowledge of what is to come.

But, those moments when I only allowed myself to think about the current task at hand and leave the next for the next moment, were freeing. It allowed me to feel lighter and free up some headspace to focus on the task at hand.

I believe that despite our society of planning and preparing and storing and saving for the future for the “just in case” that God actually calls us to instead, be fully present in each and every moment and only move on to the next when the time is right.

“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. — Matthew 6:31-33

At the moment I have all I need—and more! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God. And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:18-19

There is great freedom and peace in letting go and giving control (and I mean really giving up the need to have it figured out) to God, trusting that he can do immeasurably more than we can ever ask or imagine. (Ephesians 3:20-21).

My prayer is that you and I can practice this trust exercise daily in the small things so that when the big stuff comes along, the abandoning of control will be easier to achieve.