"You can't walk away from your own story" was a line in the movie "Rango" that I have not been able to get out of my head.
I remember when I was still at FIRE, I went through a very hard time. I remember screaming in the car and telling God to "forget it!" because it was all just too hard, and I did not want to follow Him anymore.
No, I did not stop believing in Him, and I did not become unsaved or anything like that. I just did not want to follow His will anymore, because I did not want to feel pain anymore. I did not want to walk through the "fire" anymore.
(By "fire" I mean that refining fire that we all go through as we become closer and closer to the Lord.)
I was seriously angry, and I did make a decision that went against the Lord's will for my life, and it was a very crappy three or four months before I came crawling back LOL
He did not leave me during that time. He still spoke to me, and I still felt His presence. However, the blessing that comes from being in the center of God's will was obviously missing. It was not an easy few months, and could have had some drastic consequences. Thank God I got over my stubborn rebellion and stepped back into the center of His will.
Psalms 139:16 says, "Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them."
Eph 2:10, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."
Both of these verses are Scriptures I hold very close to my heart. In fact, you could say that I cling to them, as I do a few other Scriptures. In fact, Eph 2:10 was the Scripture I used when I spoke at our Baccalaureate service in high school. What an honor that was to share with my fellow students that God has created the perfect plan for them.
And He has. These Scriptures clearly speak of the plan that God has for our lives. Each of us were created for a purpose. To fulfill something great. To touch people's lives in a tangible way. To bring others face to face with the wonder of God. With the greatness of Who He is.
If you read the whole chapter of Psalm 139 you can clearly see that God knows EVERYTHING about you. He knows what you are going to say before you say it, He knows when you get up in the morning, and when you go to sleep. He knows you intimately, because He enjoys you, and wants us to know Him in that way as well.
So, no matter what happens, or how hard life gets. You cannot walk away from your own story. It may not happen the way it was intended, or the way you expected. But only you can tell your story, only you can make the decisions to make your story.
Will it be a story of passion? Or mediocrity? Or destruction?
If you choose to follow God, if you seek His will, I cannot promise you that it will be easy. Most likely there will be some hard times, and hard things to work through. After all, fire burns, and walking through that refining fire will be painful in some ways. However, God will be with you. He will walk with you, support you, encourage you, discipline you, guide you, any thing you need.
He will be, because He is "I AM".
Oh what joy I have found in Jesus! I am never alone no matter how hard it gets.
I remember when I was still at FIRE, I went through a very hard time. I remember screaming in the car and telling God to "forget it!" because it was all just too hard, and I did not want to follow Him anymore.
No, I did not stop believing in Him, and I did not become unsaved or anything like that. I just did not want to follow His will anymore, because I did not want to feel pain anymore. I did not want to walk through the "fire" anymore.
(By "fire" I mean that refining fire that we all go through as we become closer and closer to the Lord.)
I was seriously angry, and I did make a decision that went against the Lord's will for my life, and it was a very crappy three or four months before I came crawling back LOL
He did not leave me during that time. He still spoke to me, and I still felt His presence. However, the blessing that comes from being in the center of God's will was obviously missing. It was not an easy few months, and could have had some drastic consequences. Thank God I got over my stubborn rebellion and stepped back into the center of His will.
Psalms 139:16 says, "Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them."
Eph 2:10, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."
Both of these verses are Scriptures I hold very close to my heart. In fact, you could say that I cling to them, as I do a few other Scriptures. In fact, Eph 2:10 was the Scripture I used when I spoke at our Baccalaureate service in high school. What an honor that was to share with my fellow students that God has created the perfect plan for them.
And He has. These Scriptures clearly speak of the plan that God has for our lives. Each of us were created for a purpose. To fulfill something great. To touch people's lives in a tangible way. To bring others face to face with the wonder of God. With the greatness of Who He is.
If you read the whole chapter of Psalm 139 you can clearly see that God knows EVERYTHING about you. He knows what you are going to say before you say it, He knows when you get up in the morning, and when you go to sleep. He knows you intimately, because He enjoys you, and wants us to know Him in that way as well.
So, no matter what happens, or how hard life gets. You cannot walk away from your own story. It may not happen the way it was intended, or the way you expected. But only you can tell your story, only you can make the decisions to make your story.
Will it be a story of passion? Or mediocrity? Or destruction?
If you choose to follow God, if you seek His will, I cannot promise you that it will be easy. Most likely there will be some hard times, and hard things to work through. After all, fire burns, and walking through that refining fire will be painful in some ways. However, God will be with you. He will walk with you, support you, encourage you, discipline you, guide you, any thing you need.
He will be, because He is "I AM".
Oh what joy I have found in Jesus! I am never alone no matter how hard it gets.
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