I recently attended a worship night at a church called Elevate. I was so excited because the band is really good and I was excited to go sing and have a good time…
Now, let me be completely honest about this next part, and I kid you not, These are things that I was thinking before going to this worship night… " I am so excited to go this worship night! I am going to sing to God and pray and then He is going to make sure I get all the money I need for my trip!" or check out this out… "This is going to be such a good night, I am going to make sure I sing to God a lot and pray a lot and since I do all of that, God will make sure a really good friend of mine gets out of jail so he wont have to be in there anymore…
Does anyone else see something wrong in this sort of thinking?
Let me explain something to you…maybe you don't know much about how God works. God is NOT some gum ball machine that you can go and put money into and get what you want in return…He doesn't work like that. Yes, God does love us and He wants the best for us. But sometimes what we think is best for us, is not what God knows is best for us. We think we know what is going to make us happy, but God KNOWS what is going to make us happy.
Romans 8:28 says, " And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
It shows right here that everything is going to work out…not how I want it or how I think it should happen, but it's going to work out in the best way possible for me…THE WAY GOD WANTS IT.
I have this messed up way of thinking that I know what is best for me. That everything should go MY way. and if it doesn't, I end up being mad at God and thinking I cant trust him and that He just wants me to be miserable. Ladies and Gentleman, THIS IS NOT TRUE, that is the thinking of a selfish child who doesn't know how to rest in the truth that God has laid out before them…and lets just say, I turn into that person a lot.
Our God is a good God regardless of our circumstances
so in that case, for me, this means…
God is a good God regardless if I make my financial deadline to leave in January
God is a good God regardless if my friend gets out of jail when I want him too
Resting in this truth has put me at peace and has challenged me to have more dependence on God…I challenge you to remember each day that our God is a good God regardless of your circumstances…I promise you that you will act a lot differently than you have been..
Before I end this blog, I am $1,900 away from my goal to be able to leave in January. If you feel led to give please click on the "support me" tab on the left side of the page! If you have any questions or just want to talk, hit me up..I would love to chat!
