“Don’t get [the Word] down ‘cold’ but let it live, fresh, warm, and vibrant, so that the world is not binding ponderous books about it, but rather it is shackling you for having allowed it to have free course in your life”
Woah!
People are naturally inclined to read God’s word and then confine it to mean one certain thing. God’s word is living. It is able to speak to us in different ways at different times in our lives. In the same way, we love to bind up everything in our lives, structuring it all and striving to have it fit into OUR perfect plan. How unfortunate this is! When we give the Holy Spirit full reign over our lives, and when we allow God’s word to genuinely change our hearts, we encounter a new freedom.
I have been learning that I cannot figure out and structure my whole life in advance. As senior year of nursing school approaches, I know I will be faced with all sorts of questions about what I want to do, where I want to live, etc. I can let this put me into frantic planning mode, or I can choose to be at peace, knowing that God has something specific designed for my life. Although I can be impatient while waiting for His timing, I know that “God’s delay never destroys His purposes” (David Okongo).
Glorifying and enjoying God is a higher priority than maintaining a structured, planned out life. Our “callings” and the way God guides each of us is unique, which is why it is so vital for us to listen to Him for ourselves. Don’t just follow what other Christian’s are doing (however awesome it may be!). God has something specifically for you! Ask Him to reveal your dreams, goals, and desires. Let’s live the life God dreamed up for each of us, by seeking Him first. “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms” 1 Peter 4:10. It is not a burden for us when He is the one orchestrating and planning our lives. The frantic planning and stress of uncertainty falls away when we put our trust in God, instead of in ourselves. We know we will have struggles and sacrifices, but He has equipped us for what He has in store for our lives.
“May the God of peace…equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ” Hebrews 13:20-21.
Opak Ruoth! (Praise God!)
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