Proverbs 16:9
I don't know about you, but this proverb seems to always be quoted. When something is always quoted it seems like the power behind it can be taken away.
For me personally, this verse was one I remember memorizing as a young teenager, around 13 or 14. I remember reading this verse while we dealt with moving. Now it doesn't seem so bad, but I remember at that age it was a really hard time in my life. It was something that I had to cope with for a year and a half before I felt like I had a home again. During that time, this verse was pretty prominent in my life, it served as a reminder that I can make all the plans I want, but ultimately it is God who determines what happens and where I go.
Well, I was reading some proverbs today and what do you know, Proverbs 16:9 showed up. Normally I just pass over it because the verse served its purpose in my life already, yet what is so cool about God's Word is that He can use the same verses to serve different areas in your lifetime. Currently I feel unsure, unsteady, full of thoughts that seem to be everywhere, trying not to constantly question and especially trying not to worry. I have no idea where I am going and what I am doing with school. I know that God is determining my steps, but it is so hard because I feel as though I have no plans. I don't know what to do. People always ask me what I'm doing with my schooling, my life, my job, my future, I have no idea. I kind of hate that question you know? I feel like I have to give a "good enough" answer, like somehow or another this questioner plays a key role in my future or life. Society just seems to tell us we have to have a plan. We have to plan our future or we're going to be in trouble. Honestly what I am realizing by God's amazing grace is that I don't have to have a plan. I don't have to worry about my future. Now, I'm not claiming that you can just live without any regard to your future, because that is foolish. Yes we need to keep in mind our future, but we aren't going to get there by worrying about it or planning it out, because what God has taught me so far in this lifetime is that my plans don't always, actually, rarely happen. What we need to do is, fix our eyes on what God presents to us for today. What is He calling me to do today. You have to take life one step at a time. If you are wise in your present circumstances than you will have a wise future ahead of you.
Another verse that I feel overused in my own life, that I have to still keep in mind is,
"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things." Colossians 3:2
How foolish this statement is. Set your mind on things above? Set your mind on things not part of this world? What complete blindness. Yet that is what God calls us to do. Set our mind on things above this earthly realm. Set it on Christ. Set it on your future glory. Once you do that, nothing else seems to matter here. My future doesn't matter to me unless I know I am working for God's kingdom. The hardest thing for me to do right now is work for His kingdom without having a plan. My plan is right here and right now, write this blog, teach a Bible study in about an hour. What is my plan tomorrow? Study my homework, and then go to work. It is so boring and repetitive, yet this is how God wants me to worship Him and that should be good enough for me.
Well, off I go, to present to my LORD my daily offering: my life.
God bless!
In Christ,
Amber
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