All of God's Plan

Last night, the servant team prayer was cancelled and instead we went to BASIC's one cry pep rally. There the speaker was talking about how people tend to fall short in seeing all of God's plans. When God's plans for us are being played out, there may be a time when things get tough and that is when we are called to persevere and to look towards God and keep pushing on. However, most of us just throw up our hands and give up. Some of us may grow angry with God for being cruel, and some of us may just be like "it is what it is, there's nothing we can do about it, this is what God wants" but thats not what God wants. He wants us to keep bothering him for an answer, he wants us to keep praying and persevere til the time comes when he reveals it all before you. He wants us to be close to him in that sense, to feel comfortable in coming to him with all things in our lives. God wants us to love him and to trust him. God isn't cruel at all, in fact he is quite loving. For every tear we cry, it hurts him a thousand times more. People are probably wondering "then why do we have suffering in our lives?" Well if you really think about it, what is happiness to you if you have never suffered before? When are you most willing to turn to God; in your happiest moments or when you really need help? This is the very reason why obstacles are placed in our lives, so that we can persevere and turn to God. God suffers so that we can live to the fullest. So before we give up and before we start hating him for being mean, lets really just trust him and ask him to show us what it is that he has in store for us. When we fail to see all of God's plans we will get stuck in all the pains of the obstacle and never learn the lesson that came with it. By doing so, we will only cause more pain to ourselves and that isn't God's fault at all. Persevere and have faith!

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 

-Hebrews 10:36

Rejoice

I was sent this link by a good friend of mine through facebook and honestly when I first clicked on it, I just thought it was going to be a typical concert. But ofcourse I was wrong. After watching this video, I just thought to myself like "wow God...I see what you did that...such perfect timing...are you trying to tell me something?" lol I have a problem with making a big deal out of the bad things in life when there are so many blessings in my life to look upon. I have a blessings wall to remind me just how beautiful God has made my life to be and I constantly forget about it or neglect it. You know how people say its easy to come to God when things are good but once crap goes down its a lot harder? Yeahh I never thought I had a problem with that but upon hearing this testimony, I felt condemned...(is that the right way to put it?)

Their mom's dying words were to rejoice. It is easy to rejoice when things are good and everything is nice and bright. We can thank God through all of our blessings but true faith is to rejoice when times are rough and there is pain and suffering. And that really slapped me in the face. Why do I spend so much time complaining about the events going on in my life when I can just go to God with it and rejoice that he is with me through it all. He will never give me something I can't handle and He will always be there to guide me through it. The pains in life teach you valuable lessons, lessons that cannot be taught any other way. And I feel like this is the very reason why we should rejoice in our sufferings. We become greater people.

And that is exactly what I am actively pursuing right now. A heart that is joyful and full of God's love that I can overflow into the lives of those around me. I want to bear the fruits of the spirit and bring hope to this world. I want to bring the love of God into the lives of others and to show them that life isnt that bad afterall, God is still there. There is hope and there is joy. The joy that comes from God's love is something that nothing in life can compare to. And I want the world to see it. I want the world to feel it. So that suffering will no longer be suffering but simply just an obstacle to a greater lesson, a portion of God's awesome plans.