God is asking you…
Are you willing to give up something that
is good and get something that is
better?
When I started this journey last July down in Georgia, I was told, “If you want to change the world, you have to first change yourself.” One may ask what this may look like. Well it looks different for each and every person.
“Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, your are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.” Isaiah 64:8
When this journey started, I began asking God what He wanted to change with me and that He would bring those things out of my heart and to the surface. I am the clay and I wanted God to mold me into the person that He wants me to be.
The first couple of months, I dealt with some rejection from my past and it was so encouraging to know that Christ was also rejected. Christ knew exactly what I had gone through and He knew what it felt like. I no longer feel rejected and know that I am accepted by Christ.
“But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.” Jeremiah 18:4
I continued to ask God what areas He wanted to change in me and He brought up all these fears that were holding me back. I started laying down my fears to both God and my teammates so they could pray for me. As the month went by, I began to not be afraid of what others thought and started to open up. I felt lighter and more joyful.
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18
Now when things come my way, I do something that we call confuse the enemy and give God thanks for everything (good and bad). The enemy can’t win because God is bigger. Jesus defeated the enemy when he died on the cross and rose again.
I can’t say that I have it all together, but I can boast in my weakness because God will make me strong in my weakness. God works in us when we are willing to let him and the result will make you a stronger person in Christ.
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. ” 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
So the choice is up to you. You can choose what you know to be good or you can give your “good” over to God and ask for something better. I challenge you to ask God what it is that you need to give up even if it may already look good from your point of view.
