Things, People, and Circumstances Change

Life changes. So many things in life will vary and change when we least expect it. Leaving the unknown something held over the head of many people. With baseball ending recently and school coming to a close, my life is undergoing many of these changes and I'm not going to lie: it isn't easy. Where does God want me after graduation? What does He want me to do? With who? There's so many questions about the future and so much unknown. Why can't I just get this God calendar that shows me when and where all His events are?

As I've been seeking, there's several truths that have revealed themselves to me that make the situation one not of fear of what might come, but excitement of what is to come and how God will lead me there. The God of the universe has cared enough to know my name and know me so intimately that He knows how many hairs are on my head. That God is loving, all- knowing, and all-powerful. There are three of the characteristics of God that most people have heard before and are probably the most well known. How do these apply? Well, very simply:

God is love. His will is best.
God is all-knowing. His directions are always right.
God is all-powerful. He can empower me to do His will.

As God says to Isaiah in Isaiah 55:9, "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." This HAS to be a comforting statement. God and His purposes are much higher than ours. He doesn't give us that God calendar simply because we couldn't understand it. Our puny human minds can't comprehend what is tomorrow as it says in Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus is telling us that since we are not God, we shouldn't kid ourselves by worrying about God sized problems. The verse right before that one is one of my personal favorites and one I have recently memorized. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and He will give you all that you need."

So remember that fear of the future? I do. Am I still worried about it? I'd be lying if I said I had 0 worries, but knowing that the God who loves me enough to bring me from death to life has it all in control certainly alleviates a majority of them. When I do worry, my prayer is that God would draw me closer and show me more of Himself. With the intimacy, comes a relationship that is like no other. That very same God has me in the palm of His hand. With every day that passes, as I seek Him, I feel more and more joy in the midst of trials because Jesus doesn't change with my circumstances. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever more (Hebrews 13:8) WHAT AN AWESOME GOD!