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What Happens To Us Matters To God

What Happens To Us Matters To God

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God keeps blessing me over and over again, and not because I do everything right, or that I am so special. I know that I am special to Him. I’m not sure about a lot of things, but I am sure that God loves me. And I know it, because that’s what His word says.

It says that…at the moment I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior, I was redeemed, I was justified…I was changed, 

It’s still so amazing to me that God cares for me…that He cares for all of us. 

  • It matters to Him when someone hurts us. 
  • It matters to Him when we don’t live up to our full potential. 
  • It matters to Him that sometimes I still get afraid. 

We are His creation, and He takes great pride in our achievements. When we don’t do what God has called us to do we are living out of order, because if He says we are…we are, and if He says we can…we can.

God had a plan for all of us way before we were born. What we do matters to Him, and it should matter to us. We sometimes get so down on ourselves, especially when we compare our lives to other people. 

God doesn’t feel that way about us, and He doesn’t want us to feel that way about ourselves. God needs us to help carry out His ministry on the earth. Don’t get me wrong…God can do it without us, but He gave us specific gifts and He wants us to use them for the Kingdom. That’s what it says in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”

So, that’s really all I wanted to say today….

You matter to God, and what happens to you matters to Him.

Until next time…

Be blessed

God’s Hands

God’s Hands

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I am still so grateful for every single day God allows me to be on the face of this earth.

I woke up this morning feeling God’s hand holding me. I don’t know why…but, I just felt secure…safe. I know that He ministers to my spirit as I sleep (that’s probably the only time my mind is at rest). That’s one of the things I love about Him. He will never stop trying to reach us. So, I have to believe that whatever was on my mind when I went to bed last night is being taken care of by the Master. I have been striving to be as Paul says in Philippians 4:11, “… content whatever the circumstances.” (NIV) There is a beauty in being content. It says that I trust the providence of God.

When we believe that everything is in God’s hands it makes it easier to let go. I believe that as long as we hold on to “things” it blocks the flow of God’s plan in our lives. He wants to do big things through us. But, we sometimes get in the way. In our little finite minds we still think we have control over certain situations…and I guess in a way we do. We control our destinies in that we have the power of choice, and we can choose to believe or not believe—to follow Him, or not follow Him. More than anything, I want to follow Him. I want my life to reflect the love of Jesus Christ in everything I do, and I pray the same for you.

I pray that we all continue to walk in the newness that comes from a life that is sold out to God. I pray that His strength will help carry us through those times of trial, and those times when we want to quit. And finally I pray that we all begin to appreciate the gift of being in God’s hands.

Until next time…

Be blessed

Can God Really Use Me?

Can God Really Use Me?

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My last few posts have talked about our destiny, our faith, and God’s grace toward us. Thinking about that has me wondering exactly what God sees in me. Why in the world would He want to use me? I mean, I mess up…a lot. I hardly ever go from point A to point B. I like making turns. So, I usually end up taking much longer to get to places than I’m sure is necessary. I don’t know why I do it. I don’t want to do things over and over, but I find myself having to repeat certain lessons because I only listen to half the instructions, or I don’t listen at all. Pray for me…

I’m just thankful that God uses us just as we are. Even with all of our baggage, He finds value in us. God takes all of our experiences and teaches us how to use them so that He gets the glory, and we get the blessing–for ourselves, and others. God uses everything that we have been through to lead us to our place of healing, and wholeness. The crazy thing is that it happens so gradually sometimes that we barely even notice.

Our lives mean something. We are not defeated; we are not rejected, and we are not mistakes (even though sometimes it feels like it). We are made perfect through Jesus Christ. And because of that, God connects our hearts to His. He does it in a way that allows us to step out of who we are, or who we used to be, and into who He has called us to be. He uses our everyday living to slowly transform us into the image of His Son, which in turn blesses someone else.

So, I guess God can really use me. He uses all of us…even when we don’t realize it. We belong to Him, and He will always have a place for us, and work for us to do.

Until next time…

Be blessed.