A follower of Christ

A follow of Jesus lives each day according to the plans and purposes of Jesus Christ.  A follower of Jesus Christ has spiritual fruit developed in their life as seen in Galatians 5:22-23.  A follower of Jesus Christ is conformed to the image of Christ daily as described in Romans 12:1-2.  A follower of Jesus Christ daily abides in Jesus Christ John 15:5.  A follower of Jesus Christ loves one another well as seen throughout the book of 1 John.  This is my exhausting definition of a follower of Jesus Christ, I will get into more detail as I read further in David Platt's book Follow Me.

God's plan

Lately, I have been struggling with God's plan for my life.  I know I have to leave this two part time jobs at Kroger and Einstein's Bagel Bros.  It's really hard waiting for some of these jobs to get back with me and then some of them do not work out.  Mainly I need a connection that will lead to a job.  I need someone that can vouch for me.  Lastly, it's hard sometimes to find community and fellowship with me being a single guy in my early thirties.  It seems like a lot of my close friends have moved away or are busy and it's hard to find a community close to my age range.

God desires my holiness

God reminded me Sunday that in seeking his will for my life that he desires my holiness.  In whatever we go through in life, God desires us to grow and mature in holiness.  God wants to do anything necessary for his to grow in him even if he takes us through situations where we may have to struggle.  In Romans 8:28-29, it says God uses all things in our life for our good in order to grow and mature us in him.  At times we cannot see what God is doing, but we have to trust that he still has a plan through it all.

Seek him and he will provide

These past couple weeks God has been reminding me that he will provide for me in this timing.   God used a random African lady in Garland, Texas to remind me that if I "seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and then these things will be added to you."  Today, it merely showed me that if I seek after him and share with others about him and then he will provide for me in his will.  God will provide for him a job and a wife I can enjoy in his timing.  I merely need to trust that God knows what is best for me and plan to provide for me in his specific timing.