My son finally arrived home at the end of last week. My entire world right now is consumed by him.
We have a small problem. Every afternoon he gets tired. He's played all morning long. He's had his lunch. Now he's tired. The problem is that even though he knows he's tired, he doesn't want to lay down to go to sleep. He screams. I'm not talking about just crying, he just wails. When he finally goes to sleep for a couple hours, he wakes up refreshed and ready to tear our house apart until bedtime.
I was thinking about that this afternoon, after we finally got him to sleep.
So many times I've watch students make bad choices. Not because they didn't know better, because they did, they just made bad choices. They chose to be popular in high school rather than follow what God wanted for them.....and then they hit college and realize that they're just average. They choose to dedicate their life to sports, and then their knee blows and not only can't they play sports, they're worried about walking. I've seen students be so engrossed in their relationship with thier boyfriend or girlfriend that they forget that God designed sex for marriage not just to feel good. They choose to cheat on a test thinking that a good grade is that important only to get caught and suspended. They choose steal a candy bar from a convenience store, only to get caught and charged. I've seen a lot.
The weird thing is that all these kids are kids who went to youth group, who went to church, who said they believed in God. They knew what was right. They just didn't want to follow God's plan because it didn't suit them at the time.
God has a plan for our lives. It's perfect. It has to be because he made the plan Himself. Following God's plan for our lives, is often not very easy. At no point in the Bible does God tell us that following Him will be easy. Actually He outright tells us it'll be hard.
In 2 Timothy 3:12 it says "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted," He then goes on to encourage us to continue living the Godly way. To continue following scripture. So even in the face of knowing it's going to be hard and Paul tells us to continue to be dilligent.
The devil is real and he's pretty darn smart. He continues to dangle beautiful things out in front of us to tempt us away from the good path. No matter what that is for you, I want to encourage you. Though the way may be hard. The climb might be steep. We know God is in control. We know what's good for us. I want to encourage you to be dilligent. Follow the path He's laid out for you. Lay down and take a nap (if you're my son).
2 comments:
I told you the other day that i liked the the paragraph about people my age making the wrong decisions because they did not want to follow God's plan. I agree with that 100 percent...and sometimes i can even relate in smaller ways.
I was thinking about something myself...the psalm in church today mentioned that all who are saints of Jesus should fear him. If we are supposed to follow and love him then why should we fear him?
Fear of God.....for an unbeliever the fear of God is a fear of judgement...a fear of condemnation.
For those who believe in Christ the fear of God is very different. We know that we are saved. However we have an awe and a reverence toward the HUGE creator of the universe. Standing in his presence is a pretty "WOW sort of moment". So our "fear" is along those lines. We are allowed to come before the God who created the heavens and the earth.
Think of it this way....if you were going to meet the president of the United States would you be nervous? Now forget about if you like or don't like a particular president....this is THE PRESIDENT. I know I'd be a little shaky before I got to shake his hand. Now multiply that by like a zillion times. You're not afraid OF God, you're more just like in awe and amazed at how....well amazing He is to you. It's that kind of fear.
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