"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing."
Wouldn't you feel more prepared if you knew your future? I would. I'm the kind of person who wants to know whats going on next and have to have a schedule to let me know when and where of things. I have been struggling with this for a few years now, and haven't been able to let this go. Its so hard for me to just say 'God, you have this day, allow the things to happen that you have for me.' But God says, 'I know exactly what this day will contain, whereas you have only vague ideas about it. You would like to see the map, showing all the twists and turns of your journey, you would feel more prepared if you new the things.' See, this is the kind of thing God shares in John 15:4-7 and Exodus 33:14. We will never know what is to come each day. These past days for me have been spare of the moment things that have happened that I didn't even think would happen. It made me upset, scared, and just mad sometimes, but then I realized, God does things to equip me for my journey that lies ahead of me. It like he tests me through things, and God will never give you things that are more than you can handle. More than so, God says He will not show us what is on the road ahead, but He will equip us through for the journey, His living presence is our companion each step of the way. He also says to stay in continual communication with Him, whispering His name whenever you need Him to redirect your steps. Walk through your days with your focus on Him. In Luke 12:15, it talks about possessing "things" in life that we as humans put first before us that maybe drag us into a situation we don't want to be in, or something that is maybe taking your focus off things that you want to pursue, but you can't cause you love that "thing" too much. Many thoughts on this can be debated. But I, as a human love music, all kinds and listen to it, play it, write it, you name it. And sometimes I go about my day and that's all I think about. But one thing that we have to realize here is that putting something that we love so so much, like music for instance, can be a dangerous thing. Now days, young adults live their lives through the abundance of the possessions of this world. Maybe it's time for us to raise our eyes to the one who did something so much greater for us all and live for Him, than to something like music or art, or basketball, or football, or dancing...etc. If we realize that God can supply and bless us through His love more than anything can ever make us happy on this earth, we would be joyful, peaceful in our decisions made, and our hearts would be filled with His love and mercy and grace. It's a challenge I know, but it's a challenge I want to take and I dare you too as well. Think about it....Living for God and being content and full of Him for eternal, or living of this sinful world winding up feeling like the only one who understand yourself and being depressed and rejecting everything and anything in life.
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