I may not see in front of me, But I can see for miles around when I look over my shoulder, and Lord, it`s clear. You`ve brought me here, So faithful every step of the way. What can I do but follow you, For You are the Way, the Truth, the Life, And You`ve promised never to leave me, My Savior, my friend, From beginning to end.
I Am Found In You
by
Steven Curtis Chapman
Then the LORD said, "Has anyone ever heard of such a thing, even among the pagan nations? My virgin Israel has done something too terrible to understand! Does the snow ever melt high up in the mountains of Lebanon? Do the cold, flowing streams from the crags of Mount Hermon ever run dry? Jeremiah 18:13-14 NLT
When my son was little he loved to pretend. One of his favorite characters was Superman. He had a red cape, red boots, and a Superman t-shirt. He could run around the house, jump off the coffee table, and even hold his eye a certain way and pretend to have x-ray vision. As hard as he tried, however, he was never Superman. He couldn’t fly. He didn’t have strength of steel and he didn’t really have x-ray vision. He was just Nathaniel pretending to be something he wasn’t. He was playing.
You and I were created by God to obey God. We were created to bring God glory. We weren’t created to run away from God’s plan. We were given that freedom, and we often use that freedom, but that wasn’t God’s initial plan for us. When we sin, we are walking away from God’s ultimate plan. One day, when God brings His final plan to reality, there will be an end to sin once and for all. His plan will not be stopped.
If you are a Christian walking contrary to God’s plan for your life your are only imitating a lost person. You are not following God’s design for your life. You are, for all practical purposes, playing a game. In the end, God’s will is going to be completed for your life. All games will be over, and God’s agenda will win.
If you are a Christian, why not quit the pretense, drop the costumes, and get in on the life that God intended for you. Start acting like who you really are; a child of God, bought with a price, born again for a purpose of glorifying God. Start being like Jesus!
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