I have realized that giving my life to God isn’t going to be a temporary thing in my life. I learned that it’s not enough to give him some parts of your life and keep others for yourself. God has this perfect plan for our lives, a plan that we can’t even imagine.
Girls can relate to this:
You know how you already have your wedding planned by the age of 15? You know what dress you want, you’ve picked out the perfect flowers, the perfect “first dance” song, and the perfect shoes. Well imagine a wedding planner that comes in and tells you that this isn’t at all what you want. She changes every plan you had... but you like it better. It fits you like a glove, almost like nothing you could ever imagine. This is how God’s plan is for our lives.
If God is who He says he really is, and he’s who we believe him to be… then why won’t we give him our lives? Why won’t we surrender to Him? He obviously knows more about us than we could ever know. He knows me better than I know myself. He looks at me and sees Jesus. Not because of what I’ve done, but because of what He did. He loved us ALL enough to sit quietly as His son pleaded with him to let the cup pass from him. If all this is true as we believe it is… then why are we such wimps? We are like a bunch of Gideon’s…
Gideon is basically the biggest wimp in the Bible. He was scared of tons of things, but when God looked at him he saw a Mighty Warrior… He looked at him and thought, I know you’re scared, but I’m here... you are a Mighty Warrior.”
When God looks at us, as scared as we may be… he sees a mighty warrior just waiting to stand for him. Being scared is normal, but know that God knows what he is doing. Let that simple fact give you peace, and go be a Mighty Warrior that God knows you are… And I know you are.
Stand Strong for your Lord!
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