When God Removes Your Ability to Control Everything
Times Of Refreshing Daily Devotional
Date: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Topic: When God Removes Your Backup Plan (3)
Focus: When God Removes Your Ability to Control Everything
🔥Theme:
Learning to trust God when every other option disappears
📖 Key Verse:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” — Proverbs 3:5
Devotional:
One of the hardest things for the human heart is losing control. We naturally want certainty, predictability, and the ability to manage outcomes. We feel safer when we know exactly how things will unfold. But there are seasons when God allows situations that strip away our ability to control everything. Plans stop working. Answers become unclear. Outcomes move beyond our hands. And suddenly, we are forced to trust.
📖 Scripture Reading:
- Matthew 14:28–31 — Peter walks on water
- Proverbs 16:9 — God directs our steps
- Jeremiah 17:7–8 — Trusting in the Lord
💧 Refreshing for the Day:
Control often gives the illusion of security, but faith grows strongest when we surrender what we cannot manage. Peter experienced this when he stepped out onto the water. As long as he trusted Jesus, he walked beyond human ability. The moment fear and self-awareness took over, he began to sink. God will sometimes remove control so dependence can deepen. Faith is not about controlling outcomes. It is about trusting God in uncertainty. The loss of control can become the beginning of deeper surrender. Stay Refreshed!
✨ Note This:
🌊 Faith begins where control ends.
🛡️ Responsibility:
Release one situation today that you have been trying to control and place it fully in God’s hands.
🙏 Prayer:
Father, help me surrender control and trust You fully. Teach me to rest in Your wisdom even when life feels uncertain. In Jesus’ name, Amen!
🔥 Prophetic Declaration:
My trust is in God, not in my ability to control outcomes. He is guiding my life with wisdom and purpose. In Jesus’ name, Amen!
As always, thank you for reading and until next time. May today’s Times of Refreshing refresh, encourage and empower you! For previous devotionals, please visit: www.thefountspring.org
