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Four jalapeño cheeseburgers with mustard and pickle and a large onion chip. That’s my standard White Castle order. I can almost smell the grilled onion aroma. I order my meal how I want, pay the cashier, and head out.

But what does God’s Word have to do with a fast-food order?

God orders our steps the way He wants them. Yes, I realize the analogy breaks down quickly. God never makes a mistake with His order. In addition to being lousy listeners, we are often unwilling to trust His ordering options, choosing instead to grab the menu of life choices and tell Him what we want, how we want it, and when we want it. After all, we live in a have-it-your-way world.

In my own life, that philosophy hasn’t worked so well. Making life choices before asking Him for His will and wisdom has led to a multitude of bad menu choices. I’ll spare the details. Let’s just say I have learned that if God chooses the liver and onions of trials and challenges and I would prefer the Krispy Kreme donut of ease, I’m going for the liver and onions every time.

I continue to learn that God knows what He’s doing in ordering my steps. All He wants from me is to submit my will to Him and trust Him. He’ll make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, always providing just what I need at the moment I need it. And just because He’s good, He’ll occasionally give me a golden-glazed Krispy Kreme.

Have you grabbed the menu and not allowed God to order your steps? Have you chosen life options apart from His will? We’ve all been there. Recognize it. Tell Him about it. Ask for forgiveness, and hand the menu of life choices back to Him through prayer as you ask Him to order your steps. Then open His Word and ask Him for wisdom. Choice by choice and moment by moment, your taste will change as you grow to appreciate God’s menu choices for you.

C. S. Lewis said, “Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.”