2 Timothy 3:16-17. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Well, all of the instruction, answers, and correction are right there, God has laid it all out for us the question is; are you open to it. So often we want everything relating to God to be simple, nothing too complicated and something that we feel measures up to our standard of blessing. Hmmmmm………life doesn’t work that way, ever, so “get on the bus!”
It seems as though I had a similar conversation with our son, Ryan, one day. He was 17 and was looking at what he wanted to do after high school and it seemed as though everything he had talked to me about that he had an interest in, someone had something to say about how difficult it would be to be “that”. He was constantly hearing, “dude, you don’t want to do that, you will have to go to college for that and you hate school”, or “that would be very difficult to get in to and you know you will have to take some Chemistry class I am sure”, the comments went on and on until I finally told him: “look, life isn’t easy and nothing worth doing is just going to be handed to you without any training, either you learn in the classroom or you learn first hand, life can be boring if you choose, it can be tough, the key is find what you are supposed to do for God and ‘get on the bus’ and get it done ~ He will see you through and give you the understanding to learn what you need to learn and the skills to do what He wants you to do, just get busy figuring it out and do it!” Don’t look for the easy way out!
God loves you immensely and He does have a plan! There are times that I wish I could have learned more in a classroom and less “hands-on”, but there is a reason for all that God allows us to go through, the key is to allow what you go through to be used by God! Don’t allow life’s lessons to make you bitter, ask God to help you to be better for all that you have had to face.
All of our answers are in His word. His goal is to help us be complete in Him. Are you open to all that He has for you to learn or are you more interested in being comfortable or sticking to what you “think” you know? There are times when God’s ‘training’ is fun and we can have those amazing mountain top experiences but whether in the valley or on the mountaintop there are still always lessons that can be learned.
I would encourage you today to open yourself up to all that God has planned for you and all that He is trying to show you! Open yourself up to all that He has to say in His word, whether it is for your reproof or training. Become all you were created to be, complete and equipped for every good work He has called you to! The best is yet to come!
Quote: “Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they, therefore, remain bound.” James Allen
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Dear Janet,
So good! Thank you for today’s message–always such a joy to open my email each day!
I am in process of seeking Him to understand what He wants me to do–such a timely message <3