A Good Word Wednesday
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A Good Word Wednesday
#155 CONTROL
August 13, 2025
A little bit of goodness, encouragement and hope in your mailbox today.
“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.” Proverbs 12:25
What do you do when your world seems to be spinning out of control? CONTROL. It’s Your Good Word for Your Wednesday.
Out of control/Under control
Control freak
Control switch/panel
Self-control
Quality control
Air traffic control
We hear much about this good word control. Mostly, we want to have control of our lives; control of our budget; control of our children. In those contexts, control is a good thing.
It’s when we think of control in terms of excessiveness that we run into problems, such as in micromanaging projects or people. When I think of control in that sense, I don’t feel like I am a control freak. But what about worry and control? How are those two words related? This is where it gets personal for me. I take my control issues inward by worrying if God is really going to do what He says He will do. Doesn’t He need my help in organizing one more detail, or offering passive-aggressive comments, or laying awake at night fretting over the outcome of a situation that is really beyond my control?
What about you? Do you consider yourself a control freak? Why do we like to be in control?
Of course, we know that God is in control of it all. Everything. Even when the world seems wobbly and chaotic, God sees and knows. I’m quite sure He is capable of keeping the world spinning smoothly on its axis without me suggesting how He might change His plan and get a better result. It’s in those moments, it’s helpful to remember the song from our childhood, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.”
The scripture has much to say about control. I’ve listed several below. Please take a minute to view the reel I listed below in Good Words I Recommend. His words really made me think about our good word for today. One of my favorite life verses is included in these thoughts — Proverbs 3:5-6.
What do you do when your world seems to be out of control? How do you handle the pressure?
Wednesday in the Word
Wednesday in the Word
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age..” Titus 2:11-12
“For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;” 2 Corinthians 5:14
Share Your Good Word
Good Questions
GOOD Question(s) of the Week: What do you do when life feels out of control?
Good Words I Recommend
A Good Reel: “God Didn’t Ask You to Figure it All Out.” He simply asked you to trust Him.
A Good Song: Control, Tenth Avenue North, “Open my hands up and give you control.”
Another Good Song: In Control, Hillsong Worship, “In You I find my rest. You are in control.”
And Another Good Song: Control, For King and Country, “Can’t do this on my own. I give up control.”
And Another Good Song: Breathe, Jonny Diaz, “Chaos calls, but what you really need is to just breathe.”
A Good Book: It's All Under Control: A Journey of Letting Go, Hanging On, and Finding a Peace You Almost Forgot Was Possible, Jennifer Dukes Lee
A Final Good Word
Now that it’s been a year since Unseen People: Sharing Light and Life was published, I am turning toward a new writing project. There is nothing new to share yet, so stay tuned. What I ask is for you to please pray for me to give all the details to Him. To release worry and control. I ask for peace as I wait for decisions to be made. My prayer for all of us this week: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Thank you for reading. Have a good week. See you back here next Wednesday.
DeAnna’s email: deannalynnsanders@gmail.com
Gratefully yours,
DeAnna
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