Day 2045 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.


Luke 15:4 NIV

Yesterday we talked about trusting that God has a purpose for His plans. Everything we face in life is there for a reason, and we can get something out of every trial in our path. I'm truly thankful that God doesn't give up on us or on the plans He has for our lives. Often times it may feel like tough love, but it's all just because He knows what we're capable of and won't give up on getting us where He knows we can be.

We've all spent a large portion of our lives running away. From trials, from fears, from pain, from God. Whenever we see difficulties up ahead, we run the other direction. We want to just be left alone to do things our way so that we can make sure we find the path of least resistance. But God wants better for us than we even want for ourselves. And He will never give up pursuing us to lead us back to His path to the best life we could possibly live.

I'm 32 years old, and oddly enough, I've discovered very recently that I know far less than I used to think I knew. I'm learning new things, seeing new things, and experiencing God's grace in new ways every single day. All those years of doing it my way, running away from God and His plans, only left me lost and in this miserable existence of merely surviving from one day to the next.

But He never gave up on me. He walked with me down every broken road I chose to take. He picked me up every time that my way of living knocked me down. He healed everything I hurt, and fixed everything I broke. He chased me down all that time just waiting for me to wise up and stop running after all these other things that I thought I needed and wanted.

We've all lived that lost life. Surrounded by people and things we once thought were good for us only to be let down time and time again. Just know that God hasn't given up on you. He hasn't tossed His plans in the trash and lost hope of you turning back to Him. And He never will!

Guys, His plans may seem different and scary compared to ours. But they will lead us to some things that we will never find without Him: peace, fulfillment, gratitude, humility, hope, and a kind of joy that doesn't exist apart from Him. Just give Him a chance and you'll find that you don't have to run around looking for something good anymore. He has all the good that we could ever hope to find!

Comments

  1. marcieSeptember 28, 2020 at 9:44 PM

    It's a great feeling knowing that he loves us so much that he will never leave us.

    ReplyDelete
  2. CaseySeptember 28, 2020 at 10:09 PM

    I’m amazed how often I read people’s comment that God abandoned or left us. That’s easy to say in our blinders we see out of. Blinders that let you see a small fraction of this world and the power He holds. He loves you and will chase you down every time. His love never lets you go. When we see that, like you do, we will see it’s all a test. To see how far we are willing to live out our lives. You can’t live sheltered or in fear bc fear and anxiety is a bad liar. Thanks for bringing this to light

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. KyleSeptember 29, 2020 at 9:36 AM

      Exactly! It's never Him that moves or wanders off, always us. But like you said, it just gives us a chance to see more of who He is and encourages us to stop leaving His side to go off chasing all this other junk.

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 1996 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.

Image
Isaiah 44:22 NIV Redemption: To compensate for the faults or bad aspects of something; to gain or regain possession of something in exchange for payment; or to fulfill or carry out a pledge or promise. Our God is so big that He fits every definition of the word! We've been talking about how we don't have to be lost in doing things our own way forever and how He will welcome us back whenever we finally realize we need Him more than anything else. Redemption is why. All of our mistakes, all our weaknesses, all our excuses have been washed away. There is literally nothing left between us and God except for us. We are all that remains in the way of the healing and forgiveness that we need. Seriously, all that stands in our way of the peaceful and joyous freedom we're looking for is our choice to turn back to Him. That's it! I think that one of the biggest hurdles we face in making that choice is that it truly seems impossible. Whether we openly admit them or not, we all kno
Read more

Day 2317 of the 7 day Bible verse challenge.

Image
Proverbs 16:18 NIV Most, if not all of us have this innate problem that we've developed. Maybe it's a result of living in a world that has nearly no concept of wrong. Maybe it's just a product of our deceitful minds wanting to do whatever we want without having to weigh the consequences. Whatever the reason, we've somehow gotten it in our minds that we're incapable of making mistakes. We've become conceited to the point that we actually believe that we never get anything wrong. And while that may make us feel good, there's no avoiding the truth that tells us otherwise! Each of us make the wrong choices. We jump to conclusions. We take things out of context. We rush through things. We assume that we know what someone else is talking about without making sure. We answer before we hear the full question. We hear things that someone else doesn't necessarily say. We let things slip out of our mouths that we may not really mean. We give in to selfishness witho
Read more

Welcome to The Forge!

Image
Welcome to The Forge! This page is all about God, our faith in Him, and finding our way back to the truths and principles found in His Word. As I'm sure many of you have noticed, the world is losing its mind. Sin is celebrated. Wrongs are viewed as right. What's right is out the window and seldom considered. Popularity is the driving force behind many actions. Being politically correct is the norm and anything else is just not acceptable.  Well, none of that nonsense flies in The Forge. We are stronger t han the pressures of the world around us. We are tougher than the pull of sin. We are called to rise above the fog of this hate-fueled judgment that the world is covered in. God didn't create us as timid little beings that need to be led around by our noses. He designed us to do better than simply go with the flow. No, He made us much different than that. He made us to be leaders, He created us to go against the grain, live outside the lines, and stand tall and hold firm to
Read more