It Wasn’t Just a Setback, It Was a Setup for Surrender

She lost the job
She lost the plan
But what she found was worth more than both

Nobody signs up for a setback
You don’t plan on getting laid off
You don’t schedule heartbreak
You don’t pencil in disappointment like it’s part of the dream

But sometimes God allows what we didn’t expect
To bring us into what we would’ve never chosen
And when everything crumbled, I didn’t get stronger first
I got quiet

It took losing something I thought I needed
To find the One I truly needed
Because the real lesson wasn’t in recovering the plan
It was in surrendering to His

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” — Proverbs 19:21

Let me say it plainly
That setback was holy
Not because it felt good
But because it revealed what I’d been worshiping without realizing it

Success
Control
Recognition
Timing

And when all of that failed, I found something sacred
Surrender
I didn’t shout my way out
I whispered my way through

God met me in the place of empty
And filled me with peace
Not the kind that comes from everything working out
But the kind that makes no sense and still anchors you

So no, it wasn’t just a setback
It was a setup
Not for a comeback
But for complete surrender
And I’ve never been freer

💭 REFLECTION:

What are you holding onto that’s already fallen apart?
Could it be the very thing God is asking you to lay down so He can give you something better?

🙏 PRAYER:

God,
I lay it all down today
Every plan I tried to force
Every outcome I tried to manipulate
Every timeline I obsessed over

You are not just the God who restores
You are the God who rebuilds from a surrendered heart
And I offer You mine
Even the broken pieces

Forgive me for chasing purpose without You
Forgive me for measuring my value by my results
Today I choose surrender
Not out of fear, but out of faith
Not because I’ve lost everything
But because You are worth everything

Take my hands off the wheel
And drive my life into purpose
Even if the road looks different than I imagined
I trust You to write something better
In Jesus’ name,
Amen

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Surrender is not weakness
It’s where strength is born

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Redeemed by Grace. Rooted in Faith. Living on Purpose.

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. — S. A. Briddell