Something a pastor once said to me years ago has stayed with me and I think about it often. I had asked him if God did not want adam and eve eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, why did He put it in the garden? I mean, He could've put it in Nebraska. My pastor smiled and said it was so we could be having this conversation.
God knows now and has always known just what I need. He knew what the cost would be yet He loves ME so much He allowed it to unfold just as it did. If that sounds egotistical it really isn't. He loves YOU that much too! God is everywhere all the time. My simple mind can not truly comprehend His ways but I am so grateful and humbled when I think that I am and have always been part of his plan.
I need to remember that my walk is not everyone else's walk. I must keep in mind that God is using me now to further His plans. Even typing that makes me smile in awe. What a great thing it is to be of use to God. I still feel called to ministry, I often think I am not doing nearly enough, but if I take advantage of the opportunities God puts in front of me then He will place me where He decides no matter my situation.
I seem to forget that I am to rest in the Lord and trust in Him.
Psalms 37:3-7
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
God knows now and has always known just what I need. He knew what the cost would be yet He loves ME so much He allowed it to unfold just as it did. If that sounds egotistical it really isn't. He loves YOU that much too! God is everywhere all the time. My simple mind can not truly comprehend His ways but I am so grateful and humbled when I think that I am and have always been part of his plan.
I need to remember that my walk is not everyone else's walk. I must keep in mind that God is using me now to further His plans. Even typing that makes me smile in awe. What a great thing it is to be of use to God. I still feel called to ministry, I often think I am not doing nearly enough, but if I take advantage of the opportunities God puts in front of me then He will place me where He decides no matter my situation.
I seem to forget that I am to rest in the Lord and trust in Him.
Psalms 37:3-7
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.