But the other day, my friends were talking about what majors they were intending on doing and one of my friends were really stressing out and almost anxious with the fact that she didnt have a clue what she was going to major in. It was interesting to me because normally I would be in the same place as her. Being super anxious and stressed about the uncertainty and the unknown future that our lives are at. But instead, I felt like i wanted to comfort her and assure her that things were going to be okay. You see, because she's the type that is super OCD and needs to know how everything is going to turn out...
And I dont know but when I saw her freaking out, instead of freaking out with her, I immediately thought of the image of God sitting at his throne, from that one verse in the bible where it says that God sat in his throne peacefully in heaven, looking down onto the earth where there was chaos or troubles. But the thing is God sat PEACEFULLY. Meaning, even though in our eyes all is going wrong and everything is in chaos, God can sit peacefully in his throne because everything is going as he planned. You know a lot of the times we dont know what God's plans are for us. We question and wonder and even get depressed in our hard times but we forget that God is sitting and watching us peacefully because he knows his plans for us and there is nothing to worry about.
And this made me think of how us as human beings think of ourselves so much bigger and better than we actually are. You know, no one can actually know how their future looks like. Even the most OCD, organized, future oriented person willnot know crystal clearly how their lives in 3 years will look, even if they claim to know. We dont even know how our lives TOMORROW will even look!!!! How will we measure how our future in 1 year, 2 years, 3 years , ect will look?
I think thats why its so amazing that we have a creator, a lover, a father who is God. He knows everything and in him we can find rest and peace.
Tonight I read Romans 8, a chapter I love reading over and over again because i feel like each time i do read it its like something new is revealed to me. Tonight i got to catch a slight glimpse of how amazing God is once again. Its just amazing how much God loves us and the love that he pours out to us. Verse 32 " He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also ,along with him,graciously give us all things?"This reallly made me rethink of this kind of love that God graciously pours down on us. Its not like any other kind of love that we can receive you know? This made me understand really why we worship and praise the Creator. He loves us SOOO MUCH with not like any kind of love but HIS love thats so amazing that its hard to even put into words!
You know, and verse in it in itself made me feel a lot less anxious and stressed. It reminded me that we dont have to waste our energy, our thoughts, our feelings to questions about our future job, our future husband, and any other things that we are uncertain about! God is our provider and he WILL surely provide. If he gives his amazing love so freely, how much more freely will he give things to us??
I thank the Lord so much for lettting me just find joy in him and his word. He is the reason why I can rejoice and I can live freely with a joyful heart. :D
Your Name is higher
Your Name is greater
All my hope is in You
Your word unfailing
Your promise unshaken
All my hope is in You
-Anchor by Hillsong
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