My thoughts on "Fork in the Road"

CLICK HERE to listen to the podcast "God's Will for Your Life"Today I was listening to a sermon podcast from Pete Wilson at Cross Point Church. The sermon is basically about decisions you make and that you don’t have to be afraid to make them, because God will reveal His will to us no matter what.

“God’s main purpose for you is not what you do, it’s who you become.” The little steps you take towards becoming the person you will become are important, but nothing to stress over (because none of our worries will add a single moment to our lives). Also, who likes to worry? I will be the first one to admit that stress and worry aren’t one of my main problems. I like to pass things over to God so there’s one less thing for me to have on my shoulders, but once you get into college, so many more worries can come your way.

“Anxiety is simply living out the future before it gets here.” That itself seems stressful… I know people like to ponder about the future wondering, “Who will I marry?” “What will my career be?” “How many kids will I have?” and so on. But I think our futures are unknown for a reason, so that God will let us have the freedom to choose to make ourselves what we want (while, of course, always turning to Him for help).

Growing up for me has been hard. I am the oldest of seven, and that responsibility has been big enough for me as it is. Then knowing that all of my decisions will affect my younger siblings in some way makes my decision making harder. Knowing this though, has only made me turn to God more. I know growing up comes with responsibility, and I am learning to deal with that and realizing that there are no short cuts.  Matthew chapter 6:25-34 states:

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

To me, those verses explain perfectly why we should not worry. “Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

“Rejoice always, pray continuously.” That to me is how we are assured that God is with us always... Because praying is like talking, and if we are talking to God all day, He will hear our needs and help us with all of them. God’s will is about who we are, not where we are. God is telling US to choose our decisions to make sure we love people and love God FIRST, and then we will not have to worry. He will take care of us.

“His mercies are new every morning, regarding what you did yesterday or ten years ago, there is a God that loves you, and it doesn’t mean that you’re stuck at a dead end.” That is so refreshing to hear. God knows we will make mistakes, we will make tons and tons of mistakes, but He IS merciful and He IS forgiving and He IS our God who will love and protect us even when we mess up.