Plans are difficult. One minute you think you know what's going to happen, and the next it is something completely different. Yeah, sure, sometimes it's what's for dinner. Little things change all the time. Other times it's what's going to happen with your life. Those are the times when gray hairs start popping up.
See, I didn't have huge, cemented plans for my life after college when I came into it. I could never really decide what it is that I wanted to be doing for the rest of my life. To be honest, I still don't know. I am being told that I can't major in what I want, so here's another thing God will have to handle for me.
I'm confused. I'm stressed. I can't do this on my own. The things I want and the things I think are possible are two different things. My dreams from before are mashing with reality from today and making a mess. New dreams are coming out of that mess and these are being challenged; "Are they God's will?" I don't know.
Why does the devil have to attack us?
I know who goes before me
I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies is always by my side
The One who reigns forever
He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies is always by my side
Don't limit you or God by what you think is possible. If God is giving you impossible dreams, it is just because He wants to accomplish something through you for which you cannot claim the credit. Read again the stories of the impossible that God brought to pass. Gideon had 300,000 willing to fight with him to defeat the Midianites. God said that was too many, least Israel claim the credit for delivering themselves. He sent Gideon into battle with 300. He told Noah to build a huge boat on dry land, because it was going to rain enough to cover the mountains. He defeated Jericho with with silent walking and a few horn blasts. He delivered Israel from Pharaoh by splitting a sea in two. Satan attacks us, hoping that a large bluff will make us forget how big and strong our God is and that Satan is already defeated. Hold on to what you know, not what you see. The INFINTE, ALL POWERFUL, CREATOR of the world, who paves His streets with gold, builds His walls with precious gems, cares for you SO MUCH He let His Son die to save you. You are his PRECIOUS adopted DAUGHTER. All that He has is YOURS. You can rest, knowing that an infinitely CREATIVE God LOVES YOU; and He is not baffled about where you are right now. He is not surprised at what you are facing. He is not scrambling to figure out what to do next. He is waiting for you to settle down, and lean on Him. Is it too much for you? Let Him carry you. It is not too much for Him.
ReplyDeleteThank you (: This post is one I wrote a while ago... I have other things on my mind than a major right now. I don't plan on going back to CU in the fall. His plan is greater. And again, I am excited to live it and find out what that plan is. Those "new dreams" I mentioned are, I believe, God's plan for me. And those plans are amazing!
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