Am I just overthinking?
Sometimes when I’m enjoying a hobby, I worry that God will make me quit, and this thought has constantly been terrorising me for awhile. Even when the hobby is sinless, and something I can enjoy with friends from church, I worry that one day God will just be like “nope, quit because I said so”. Yesterday I prayed that I will follow God’s plans, and that I surrender my plans and everything including some of my hobbies/things I enjoy doing the most. (Basketball, videogames, going to the gym, going to church, hanging out with friends.) I specifically prayed that if those aren’t in his plans for me, I’d still follow his plans but I prayed that those things will be in his plans for me. Yesterday, I got a thought that was like “what if God made you choose to quit one of your hobbies (the five I mentioned), which one would it be?” I first disregarded this as just a thought but then later I remembered how God told Abraham to sacrifice his own son. And soon I started to worry that God is making me choose one of my 5 hobbies to give up, and I’m stressed about it. Is this my own overthinking or God calling me to give something to him? I feel like it’s less about giving up a hobby of mine because it’s sinful, but I feel like “what if God wants me to give up something to show how much I love him?” Or “you surrendered your plans, hobbies and everything, so what if God does take it away from you? At least he is giving you a choice in the matter” I don’t feel drawn to give up a particular hobby, just one of the 5 hobbies. I don’t know why, it may just be my own overthinking. It’s more like sacrificing something of value to God as an act of faith. I personally think this is my overthinking, so I’m at the moment I’m just waiting until this thought stops worrying me, but what do you guys think?