Honestly, at first, I wasn’t sure why. I just knew that I had to, and I was trusting God that He knew what was best for me. And im coming to realize that he wants my life to be something awesome and amazing. But in order to do that, I needed some drastic changes in my life, hand it over to Him, and do what He wants. What He wanted first was a closer relationship with me. before, it was just me saying, “Oh yeah God, ok, well maybe ill talk to ya later, gotta run…”. And He sat me down one night night and said, “No. this isn’t what I want. I want all of you. I want to know you, and I want you to know me. I have a purpose for you, and this is how I am going to do it. But this is what I need from you: I need you to have faith in me.”
Since then, its been clear. Over the last few weeks our relationship has grown immensely. And ive realized that God has amazing goals us. It isn’t just to live a good “Christian Life”, where youre saved, and he comes and gives you some blessings, and then youre on your way chasing whatever is was that you were chasing in the first place. It isn’t just so he can hear you worship Him while He sits around saying, “Oh look how awesome I am…”. No, not at all. He wants to use you. He wants to come into your life, and totally change it and chunk it in a blender. He wants to change who you are as a person, He wants to change what you're doing, and He wants to completely change where youre going. When I tell this to most people, I get these crazy reactions like im the dumbest person alive, even from some Christian friends too. I think mainly because its scary, or its not “safe”. Well, having faith and trusting God isn’t about playing it safe. Theres always a risk involved when you go by faith. It’s a sort of gamble, I guess, when you choose to do something without knowing for sure if the results are going to be good. We call buying a lottery ticket a gamble, but purchasing stocks is an investment. Taking medicine that a doctor gives you is safe, but going the route of “self-medication” is a gamble. Honestly, think about it: Life really doesn’t hold any guarantees anyway. There is some sort of gambling element in everything we do, whether its driving a car, flying in a plane, or eating steak that’s cooked “rare”. Having faith with your life in His hands, to go in His direction, will lead you somewhere that’s even better than you can imagine. And when you take those steps, He starts with the little things around you. For instance: My friendships. They have grown stronger in the aspect that ive been able to pour into and minister to them. Even my relationship with my Ex-wife over the past few weeks has improved tremendously, and we haven’t done anything differently than the last 2 years.
Its amazing what He does with your life when you just take your hands off, and let it rest in His, giving him full control without any strings attached. The risk of faith is putting your work, or your future, or your issues completely into the hands of Jesus, and trusting Him to work out His will in your life. You're not guaranteed that you'll get what you want when its all said and done. But, It does guarantee peace and a sense of joy on the journey when you put God in the driver's seat, and say, “Not my will, but yours.” You may be on the brink of disaster, or flirting with temptation. You know who you are, you may have even come to me and talked to me about it. Take the risk of faith. Let go of your personal dreams and put them into God’s hands. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Trust in the Lord with all your heart and dont lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
To live, is to “risk”. You wanna play it safe? Fine. Ill tell you how to play it safe. Play it safe by risking it all on Jesus.
You're not guaranteed that you'll get what you want when its all said and done. But, It does guarantee peace and a sense of joy on the journey when you put God in the driver's seat, and say, “Not my will, but yours.”
ReplyDeleteThat's so incredibly true!