Stress or Surrender

I am approaching another transition in the next six months. I don't know to where/what yet, but I have a lot of ideas. But at this point, that doesn't matter so much since there are also other things to focus on, like all the things I spent last year wanting to know that are now before me, ready to be done and acted upon. Instead of living in the now, I find myself thinking a lot about the 'not yet' and wondering what will be. Quite honestly, I am getting a little stressed by it all, sometimes trying not to think about the unknown is more stressful than thinking about it and still not knowing what is coming next (did that make sense to anyone else besides me?).

Then I read a excerpt from Bill Gass about surrender. And that's when I realized that it is not the approaching transition nor the tasks before me currently that have me stressing, it is that I am trying to control all of it. Since he already said/wrote it so well, I will share the part that really struck me-

You cannot fulfill His purposes while you're focusing only on your own plans and self-interest. If God is going to do His deepest work in you, it will begin with surrender. So give it all to God: your past regrets, your present problems, your future ambitions, your fears, your dreams, your weaknesses, your habits, your hurts and hang-ups. Put Jesus in the driver's seat, and take your hands off the wheel. Don't be afraid; nothing that is under His control can ever be out of control. Surrendered to Christ, you can handle anything life throws at you. -Bill Gass

So, once again, I actively surrender everything to You Lord.