Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

The more you try to grip control of your life the more God's gonna untangle that from you. He's going to make things go where you have to rely on Him.

The essence of surrender is getting out of God's way so that He can do in us what He also wants to do through us.

When we stop playing God, God can play through us.

Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

We need to do what we can do and let God do what we cannot.

What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater than myself.

When we stop trying to control events, they fall into a natural order, an order that works. We're at rest while a power much greater than our own takes over, and it does a much better job than we could have done. We learn to trust that the power that holds galaxies together can handle the circumstances of our relatively little lives.

Sometimes we need to get over ourselves and actually realize that sometimes, God has a better plan. God's ways are higher than ours.

Confidence brings joy when we let God be God.

Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

My faith kind of keeps me in touch with the idea that I'm not in control of things.

I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan.

Leave the rest to the gods.

I'm walking this walk, and my life has nothing to do with my perception of the world. It's all God! How do I function within His plan?

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan.

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

I did my best, and God did the rest.