Yes, when you do this, it means you must submit to his will.
Meaning whatever ambitions you got..like wanna be a doctor, want to marry a beautiful wife, want to have kids, want to drive a nice car...all this worldly stuff...you submit to his will..and you may not get it.
Its either this, god will bless u...but on the bigger things you want (which reflects your own self preserverance) (I am sure you got)...he may either grant you in later life or not at all.
Example, when Abraham and Sarai, was so eager to have their own offspring, took so long until Sarai was pregnant with Isaac at age 80 ! Impossible at today's feat. This is while Abraham see his neighbors can get pregnant at 30, if his faith wasn't strong, he would have grind his teeth and said why I get child at 80? But my friend here get child at 30?
Yes, I even know of a youth pastor, his faith is strong, he found the woman he like. Alas, he married late, he badly wanted a child, but due to their late age, they were unable to conceive.
Or a pastor who graduated as an engineer from local uni, but he took the path of pastoralship instead. 20 years later, he is driving a protong, he saw his classmate driving a mercedes, though he no regrets..the pastor almost fell into temptation of disatisfaction.
Yes I also know that on paper, if we really truly believe in god, all this worldly stuff doesn't really matter, doesn't it? We die, we bury six feet deep, cremate or what...we just rot and go back to the ground, dust to dust..ashes to ashes...even the rich, the powerful, kings and queens, all will be same level when we all die...six feet below.
We can't take our material possessions with us to the afterlife. Its our life in earth, how we live for christ is judged..is what counts.
But..you don't tell me, not for a sec...you don't winch...or tempted to lift up your fist in the air...and say something you not happy to god? Even though you submit your every will to god's will?
Fren, its not easy as ABC to say "by God's grace, I don't worry anymore".
What you say is very true...but the enemy is watching and he will definitely test you. By all means you will overcome (but there are cases some didn't), but you will know and come to understand how i feel when you do.
Knowing on paper is one thing, daring to live out what you believe on paper is another thing right?
Faith.