God has a plan for your life. Really! He has an extraordinary purpose for each of our lives. As I get to know God better, I have this overwhelming feeling of... something. Something great. The only word I can think of to describe it is expectation, but that doesn't do the feeling justice. The more I discover about God's heart as he molds mine, the more I am assured that I am on this earth to do great things. I don't know when, I don't know where, but I'm so excited to find out. Maybe, one day, He will take me to Indonesia, an African village, or a jungle in South America; or maybe He has something less exotic in mind. Maybe His plan has me in my hometown, simply loving people for the rest of my life. God can certainly use any one of us no matter where we are. Whatever he has planned, I know it will be amazaing.
My favorite passage from the Bible is Acts 17:24-28, when Paul presents the gospel to the Athenians. Acts 17:26 says "and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live". God decided exactly what second I would be born and exactly where I would live, here in Edmonds, before I was born. He already knows exactly where I will be this second, five years, ten years, fifty years from now! How crazy is that? I can't even say for sure what will happen tomorrow. One day, He'll tell me more about His plan for my life. One day, I'll discover what it is I've been waiting for. Until then, I can glorify God right where He has placed me.
I've never been much of a dreamer. I have always been defined by concrete, if lofty, goals. Until now. God's plan is so much better than mine could ever be. His plans are to give me a hope and a future - first, to glorify Him on earth, then, eventually, to spend eternity with Him. One day, I'll know what He has for me to do here. Until then, I can dream of what His marvelous plan for my life could be.
One day... maybe...
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