Every Square Inch

A couple weeks ago, Pastor Tod's sermon posed the question, "What would it look like if God were running EVERY SQUARE INCH of your life?"
Hmmm...I wondered....what WOULD it look like if God were totally in charge of everything in my life? Would things be different? What would change about my life? What WOULD it look like if God were running my marriage, my parenting, my friendships and family relationships, my free time, my phone calls, emails, to do-list, my actions and words, etc?
I tend to think that I'm doing a pretty good job in my walk with God. I've come a long, long way in the last few years and I feel that I am sincerely committed to God, to studying His word, to being a good disciple of Christ. And then this question comes up, and I am hit head on with my pride and my ego. Yes, I'm doing pretty good, but surely, I started to realize, I still have a lot more to learn and my life still has a lot of areas that I haven't really given over completely to God. I started to see how my feelings of righteousness might start to get in the way of really surrendering to God and giving him control of all areas. Once we start to think that we are doing real good in our walk with God, that we are doing just fine on our own, is when we start to forget how much we need God and his grace. We start to rely on our own strength and wisdom, we start to push or own agenda and make our own list of priorities. This is when we are embarking on trouble. This is when we distance ourselves from God, forget about His agenda and plan and we start be be the God of our own lives. From Tod's question, I realized that while I was making improvements, I still desperately needed to rely on God to run every square inch of my life.
Since I heard this question, I have been rolling it around a lot in my head when dealing with day to day situations. And I've realized that if God were really running every square inch of my life, it would look a lot different. When I have found myself at a cross-road in making a decision, I try to recite "EVERY SQUARE INCH" and it reminds me to try to look at things through God's eyes so that I can make the right choice.
"For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." Luke 18:14