Waiting on the Lord in life is a very hard and necessary thing. It is a necessary evil at times as well as something God uses to push us toward him. I will be using the next couple posts to describe my journey of waiting on the Lord right now.
God is giving me the strength to believe that he will provide me some type of ministry job soon. There are some opportunities that I am waiting on hear back from right now. God is giving me trust in him through this time in my life. God is reminding to seek advice from others then in interviews tell how God has used me in my gifts. Also, there is a the reminder that how God has already been working in me: Phillippians 1:6.
God is also giving me the peace through this waiting time in my life. He will provide me the right opportunity in his timing. I just have to remind myself that he is in control of my life.
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Is this God's Will?
Paul asks this question is the book of Acts and in some of his letters in the Prison Epistles. It is a question that we should be asking as Christians as we live out our life every day. We have to examine and ask God does God want us share about him certain situations as well as where he is leading us in life.
In my life this applies in asking and looking at specific ministry jobs that he is leading me to. God is calling me to ask him the pertinent question, "Is this where you are leading or "Is this where you are leading me." In these instances, I am also asking God, "Is this a great fit for me personally." I am seeking God's direction as to where God will use me the best when I am asking these questions. They seek to show an introspective on God's greatness and leading.
In reading the book of Acts lately God has revealed to me that I need to ask this question for often. Jesus says in Matthew 7:7-8 and Revelation 3:20 if we seek him then it will be given to you. When we seek after God then he will provide for us in life. Lastly, in Matthew 6:33 Jesus says, "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." This truth reminds us that we are to be bold in serving and telling others about him then he will provide for us.
Lastly, this question can help us trust God more. It will help put our struggles in whatever we are waiting on and help remind us the God is in control. This question can further embody our trust in God and our ability to abide in our relationship with Jesus Christ.
In my life this applies in asking and looking at specific ministry jobs that he is leading me to. God is calling me to ask him the pertinent question, "Is this where you are leading or "Is this where you are leading me." In these instances, I am also asking God, "Is this a great fit for me personally." I am seeking God's direction as to where God will use me the best when I am asking these questions. They seek to show an introspective on God's greatness and leading.
In reading the book of Acts lately God has revealed to me that I need to ask this question for often. Jesus says in Matthew 7:7-8 and Revelation 3:20 if we seek him then it will be given to you. When we seek after God then he will provide for us in life. Lastly, in Matthew 6:33 Jesus says, "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." This truth reminds us that we are to be bold in serving and telling others about him then he will provide for us.
Lastly, this question can help us trust God more. It will help put our struggles in whatever we are waiting on and help remind us the God is in control. This question can further embody our trust in God and our ability to abide in our relationship with Jesus Christ.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Singleness
Singleness and finding the right person for you has to be the hardest thing alive. Sometimes you think that this person is the right fit while other times this one is. When it doesn't work out at times, God still encourages you and shows you he will provide for you.
Singleness allows you to be the person that you want to become in life. It helps you realize that you are content in Jesus Christ alone. It reminds you that you are desperately dependent on Jesus for everything in life. As Christians, Jesus is the only thing that gives us joy in life. You realize that it is necessary to cut out the useless things in your life that pull you away from Jesus Christ in your life in order to become you who want to marry become.
Singleness helps reveal the person we should be pursuing in marriage when that time comes. I thought opposites attract but this one relationship I was trying to make work ended up not working out. When you start a conversation the person talking back has to talk back as well. Also, the person you marry has to have similar interests and passions. If they do not have similar passions and interests there will not be a connection.
Lastly, remember that God providing you a life will happen in his timing. It is really frustrating being single in your 20's. Being single in your 20's is about maturing and God's leading to the woman/man that he has for life.
Singleness allows you to be the person that you want to become in life. It helps you realize that you are content in Jesus Christ alone. It reminds you that you are desperately dependent on Jesus for everything in life. As Christians, Jesus is the only thing that gives us joy in life. You realize that it is necessary to cut out the useless things in your life that pull you away from Jesus Christ in your life in order to become you who want to marry become.
Singleness helps reveal the person we should be pursuing in marriage when that time comes. I thought opposites attract but this one relationship I was trying to make work ended up not working out. When you start a conversation the person talking back has to talk back as well. Also, the person you marry has to have similar interests and passions. If they do not have similar passions and interests there will not be a connection.
Lastly, remember that God providing you a life will happen in his timing. It is really frustrating being single in your 20's. Being single in your 20's is about maturing and God's leading to the woman/man that he has for life.
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