What Story Are You In?
Habakkuk 2:3, “For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
Morning everyone! Praying this is finding you waking to a new day in positive belief that you can get through all things that will be in your path today! I would like to take a moment to look at each of our stories and gain insight into which part of that story you want to be found in! Your story is ongoing, it’s already been working with you, for you, within you. God has ordained a plan for what your life will be leading up to and He is giving you knowledge every day to choose the right things to make that journey yours. He has a hand in the personal experiences, the struggles, the grace and mercy He shows you. Every step you take is meant to bring you closer to Him and the discovery of how you can become more like Christ. As you accept Him as your savoir, the process of your story does a one eighty turn; it becomes new and ready for restoration! The parts of your story that you have already experienced, survived, endured, now is the testimony you can share with others to help them in their story! You will also learn how your life isn’t just your own, but the story already written by God, where your life choices were good, bad and painful; but always meant to have a beginning, a falling, a redemption, and then a transformation. As your story continues it changes to one with love, then obedience, then humility. Are you still in the beginning phase or have you moved to step two of the acceptance phases? Are you past the acceptance phase and now in the growing and restoration stage? Whichever part of your story you feel you are in right now, are you working hard to achieve the goals God has laid out? Have you found a way to study the word, to pray fervently, to accept help from other believers? Philippians 1:6, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”, is letting you know that once the transformation occurs you will continue the story sharing with others. You may doubt your story, or doubt the abilities God has given you; but He is with you daily, encouraging you toward the best happy ending! Rest assured, take a moment and realize how your story could be an influence on someone else who is watching it! Keep going, keep trying, keep reaching, keep working your story and watch God move in you so that others will move their stories to acceptance, redemption, restoration and then into transformation!
Scriptures:
Read: Philippians 4:6-7, Deuteronomy 10:12-13, Micah 6:8, John 15:4-5, II Corinthians 4:16-19, Joshua 1:9, Matthew 6:34, Psalm 118:24, Ephesians 5:15-17, Jeremiah 29:11, Hebrews 13:5, James 4:14, Romans 12:2, Philippians 3:13-14, Psalm 16:8-11, Titus 3:7, Revelation 21:4, Isaiah 43:18-19, Ephesians 3:20-21, II Corinthians 5:17, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Romans 15:4, Philippians 1:6
Prayer:
Dear God, thank you for preparing the stories of our lives. God, please continue to provide the necessary pages that add to our stories daily. Thank you, God, for the Bible that can give us knowledge on how to live our story so that you will be given the glory, and through our endurance, our faith, our trust; others might choose redemption and begin their own restoration and become transformed. Amen.