For today’s post, I was digging through some archives of my writings and came across an article I had written at a time in my life when major change was happening. I didn’t follow the traditional college route. After getting my associates degree from a community college, I began a career in service industry working on bank equipment. As I got more involved in church I began feeling God calling me to return back to school to get a ministry related degree and enter full time ministry. The following was written as I was about to leave my job and move off to school, a rather scary time of uncertainty for me. I felt only a miracle would get me through. I hope this speaks to you in some way and encourages you through your tough times in life. Enjoy.
July 2003
Ever wonder why we humans are so inclined to stress out over seemingly insignificant matters? We spend our days worrying about our jobs, our family, our finances, and even our pets. Anytime a circumstance gets beyond our understanding, we tend to throw up our hands and say “this will never work out” or “there’s no way I can possibly survive this.” Well, we all face moments of doubt when our only way out is to trust God. You see, God brings us to these points for a reason, to draw us closer to Him. It is through these circumstances in our lives that we are faced with fact that in order to survive we have to rely on Him and His blessings. Apart from which we are sure to lead a miserable life.
As I have been driving around the countryside I’ve always noticed all the cows in the pastures along with the horses and goats. Everyday they wake up they find a field full of food waiting for them. All they have to do is get up and get it. They don’t worry about how they are going to provide for themselves or where their next meal is coming from, they have no urgent deadlines to met, no places to rush off to. They spend their days enjoying the fields of green grass that God has given them. If God cares about the animals of the field enough to provide for them, how much more so will He provide our every need, the object of His affection, His prize creation?
But sometimes the circumstances in our lives seem so against us that nothing could save us short of a miracle. Well, if that’s what it takes, then that is exactly what God has in mind for us. As I’m writing this, I’m faced with a major change in my life. I’m leaving my job and returning to college then hopefully going into full time ministry. I’ve already seen God work things out in a tremendous way. But at this point, I still don’t know what I will do for a job when I get there.
Now it would be easy for me to spend my days consumed with the thought that I will soon be jobless, moving some 600 miles away from familiar territory and starting school. Frankly that thought does arise from time to time, but I know one thing. God will never leave me. He hasn’t brought me this far just to leave me hanging. And though I may not be able to clearly see life on the other side of the miracle, I can hold firm to His promise that I will make it through.
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