How perfect do circumstances have to be for you to be happy? How right do things have to be for you to see them as right?

Experts say the average American thinks somewhere between 50,000-70,000 thoughts per day and 70% of them are negative. Just how average are you, my sister? It’s also said that the average person says something negative in every minute of a conversation. Yes, every 60 seconds, we speak a negative statement. It’s practically impossible for us to speak without talking about something that’s wrong.

And this is NOT God’s will for his girls. This is not his desire for us. He wants to renew our minds and transform our thoughts. He wants us to be “Just Right Girls”. A Spiritual Goldilocks.

Goldilocks was the little girl who wanders into the house of three bears while they are away. She tries their porridge, finding one too hot, one too cold, and one just right. She then sits in their chairs, finding one was too hard, one was too soft, and one was just right. Finally, she tries out the mattresses in the house until she finds the one that was just right and takes a nap.

There’s a ‘just right’ for you and your Creator is hoping you will receive it, enjoy it and rest in it.

Here’s the problem – we are so focused on what we don’t like, what we don’t want, and what we think isn’t right, that we miss what is just right. Where’s God’s JUST RIGHT for you?

Our study of the book of Genesis brings us to the story of a ‘Just Right’ man. A man who walked right. A man who sought right. A man who continually experienced what wasn’t right, but trusted in God to make it just right for greater purposes.

Genesis 37 – Joseph was one of 12 boys, the sons of Jacob. Joseph was his father’s favorite and this made his 11 brothers sorely jealous. One day at just 17 years old, Joseph’s brothers sold him to a group of traders for 20 pieces of silver and was taken as a slave to Egypt. This is just the beginning of a series of unfortunate events which he didn’t deserve. He’s sold, then falsely accused, then imprisoned, later used, then forgotten. And through the next 22 years, we see Joseph continually faithful. With each up and each down, Joseph trusts God. With every turn, Joseph looks for what was JUST RIGHT.

And he finds that even in unfair circumstances, even in the worst of hardships, even in the greatest of struggles, God was forever doing something that was just right.

Never once do we read of Joseph complaining. Never do we see him becoming bitter. Never do we see him being pitiful. There was no blame, no resentment, no hardened heart. Like Goldilocks, he went from one thing to the next, always seeking what was JUST RIGHT where he was. He was in a pit, finding what was just right. He was in a prison finding what was just right. And eventually, he was in a palace finding what was just right. And what was just right to Joseph wasn’t comfort, control, certainty or convenience. No, quite the opposite. What was just right to Joseph was the building of his character and the calling of God.

What’s JUST RIGHT to you, my sister? How perfect do circumstance have to be for you to be happy? How right do things have to be for you to see them as right?

If I were to ask you how you slept last night, what would your answer be? Would you begin to tell me how hard it is for you to go to sleep? Would you tell me about those hot flashes? Would you tell me about your back, your snoring husband, or your insomnia? That’s what the majority of us would do without even thinking about it. It’s just normal. It’s what we do. It’s habit. 70% of our conversations are going to be negative.

But God’s girls aren’t called to be normal – we’re called to be JUST RIGHT GIRLS. Girls that receive what God says is just right for them. Girls who choose to enjoy what God says is just right for them. Girls who rest in what God says is just right for them. Girls who talk about what God says is just right for them.

This isn’t toxic positivity – this is the ultimate surrender trusting God to use everything for something good. This is trusting God to get it JUST RIGHT.

Let me ask you – Do you really believe God cares about the details of your life? Do you really believe you have the ability to pray about everything and invite God’s personal involvement into your personal circumstances in every moment? Yes? And do you believe he really does have the ability to see what you can’t see and the power to work all things together for your good? Yes? Do you really believe God can FOREVER GET IT RIGHT, and I mean JUST RIGHT? The perfect alignment, the perfect fit with the perfect timing?

You see, when you really believe that’s who your God is and that’s what your God does, then you really can receive what’s just right for you. Then you really can enjoy what’s just right for you. And you really can rest in what’s just right for you.

Here at retreat, Destiny from Texas shared how her husband is a ‘Just Right’ man. His reply to most everything is “just right”.

Does he live in a perpetual paradise? No. Is he oblivious to reality? No. He’s a Spiritual Goldilocks. He’s forever looking for God’s just right for him. And when he can’t see it and when he doesn’t feel it – he simply chooses to trust that God knows what he’s doing and he’s making it just right.

Since learning about this ‘Just Right’ man, I’ve been practicing this. I got just a few hours of sleep last night and let me tell you, it was JUST RIGHT. It feels like 10 degrees outside this morning, and it’s JUST RIGHT. I would choose neither of these things, but I trust God is getting it right. He’s building my character to align with his calling.

Who am I to know what’s right above God?

If Joseph can be sold into slavery, thrown into prison, betrayed, used and forgotten time and time again and never lose faith that God was getting it right, then can’t we?

After 22 years, Joseph now sits in a palace with tremendous power as his brothers come to him begging for food. Without an ounce of bitterness, without a sense of hurt or betrayal, with nothing but a healed heart that God was FOREVER GETTING IT RIGHT, he’s able to say in Genesis 50:20, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.”

God got it right. It was just right. It was always just right. It just didn’t always look like it or feel like it. But it was all working together to be something just right.

And this CAN be your truth too, my sister. God cares about you. He knows where you are and what you’re going through. His providence is all over your life. He is making a way, and it’s the right way. You may not see it now, but one day you’ll be able to look back and see it was just right. So why not choose today to receive, enjoy and rest in what is being made just right?

A Spiritual Goldilocks – God’s Just Right Girls. Forever looking for what God is making just right. Forever trusting God to get it just right. Forever talking about what is just right.

What’s just right for us isn’t comfort. It isn’t control. It’s not certainty or convenience. No, quite the opposite. What is just right for us is building of our character and the calling of God.

May we, God’s girls, be forever looking for God’s just right for us. And when we can’t see it and when we don”t feel it – may we simply choose to trust that God knows what he’s doing and he’s making it just right.

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