Life is a Journey!

It's not about me - ever! No more looking to the future and trying to figure it out - no more trying to make things work out the way I see them. Our life is a journey - a journey so filled with the power of Christ I cannot begin to describe it. This journey that we are on is one that I daily learn. What I mean is that I have never been on such a journey before. One that requires me to completely die to myself. Control has to go - the joy of the Lord is on this journey. Someone recently wrote that change is usually scary. How true is that. Each of us faces changes in different forms. Job loss, death, marriage, home, city...etc. the list goes on. Yet when we allow God to shape us through those changes that is when we really see that these changes, that seem scary, have the Almighty God wrapped all around them. When we realize that change is always happening it is then when we can embrace it. Our heavenly Father never changes! Isn't that a wonderful assurance to know that even in our circumstances that are full of changes, that our heavenly Father never changes? What peace and confidence that brings to me.

Dying to self - huge - "Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come." and "do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds." I have died to myself - but I need to daily die to myself because every day we wake up a sinful person. Every day we need to come before Jesus and repent. I love being a new creation in Christ.

So we walk our journey, as do you, as children of the Almighty Father. Not living for ourself but for others and bringing glory to Jesus. If you are facing uncertainties in your life remember that today is a gift for you. Don't worry about your future and try to orchestrate things your way, but lay it at the feet of Jesus and rest in the assurance that he has your life. Then don't pick up worrying about whether his will will be what you want. He knows you and your situation better than you do. This is the truth that is backed up by the Word of God. "For I know the plans I have for you..." TRUST HIM - THE GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOU! Just keep coming to him. I've said this verse many times on my blog but it's my favorite. "Draw near to me and I will draw near to you." Do you want to get close to God? This verse is his promise.