God is Able

God has been showing me something today. *cue Hillsong's "God is Able* I'm not really sure what it is yet, but this entire semester, He has been dealing with me about following Him and finding His calling for my life.  Today has just been full of Him showing me how I just need to get over my fears and actually trust in Him.

This morning, I went to church at Grace Church where Mallory Hudson and Michelle Ladner were playing in the worship band with their home stay dad.  The message was on Matthew 6. If you have been reading my blog, I bring up this chapter a lot because of how bad I am at not worrying. I worry so much about what I am going to do after college or even after dinner, yet this chapter just shows us that God loves us more than any other creation, and he's going to take care of us.



This afternoon, I was reading in my devotion book, My Utmost for His Highest, and today's devotion was titled "Our Misgivings about Jesus."  It was based on John 4 where Jesus approaches the woman at the well. He tells her that he can bring her living water, and she basically replies, "But you have nothing to draw water!"  How many times does God tell us he's going to do something, but we question it just because we don't see how it could be done?  God's a lot smarter than we are and our humanly limits do not apply whatsoever with Him.  When God calls us to something, we often reply with "How will I make money? ","I can't do that."or "I don't see how that could ever happen."  "Our misgivings  begin within ourselves when we tell Jesus that our circumstances are just a little too difficult for Him."-My Utmost. That goes along with worry. We worry so much about what we are doing that we don't realize that God has a plan and his plan is going to work out much better than any of our plans will.

Tonight, I watched the live feed for Pinelake Church, my church back in Clinton. We are doing a few Sundays focusing on the goal of the church to "Outlive Your Life."  The pastor, Chip, started his sermon by reading Hebrews 11:11. "By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promise."  Sarah and Abraham were old and it seems impossible that they were to ever have a child. Yet, God provided them with a child. By their faith, God's plan happened and God's promises were fulfilled.  Genesis 18:14 asks, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?..."   He allowed two old geezers to have a kid. He used someone who couldn't even speak well to lead an entire group of people out of Egypt.  He sent His son to die on a cross just so we could have a relationship with Him.  No. Nothing is too hard for the Lord.   It's when we think it is and get in the way that things get difficult and life becomes chaotic.   God wants us to finally get over our pride and realize that we can't do things, but He can.

It's just been a really cool day with everything I have heard or read merging together to deal with something God has been teaching me. I do not know what God has called me to do with my life. I just don't. What if God told me tonight that I would have the most exciting career and life on earth?  I would be ecstatic and ready to go!  But what if God told me that he was calling me to something that I would consider dull?  Would I be just as ready to go? Probably not.  I know He's got a calling and plan for my life, and right now He's preparing me to accept that call, whatever it may be. Whether that be staying in Clinton or moving to some big city, he's preparing me to be content with his purpose for my life.

"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21