" I'm a child of God, yes I am". This line of a song I'm sure many have heard is not just a song lyric, it is a testimony of life, of new life. It is the testimony of my life. It isn't a title, it's a lifestyle. It isn't the hope my life will be easy and perfect. It is the understanding that it will be messy and complicated paired with the understanding that my God will get me through it. It is the understanding that he gives and takes away, that things are on his time table not mine. The understanding that he knew me and shaped me to live out his plan for my life that he perfectly crafted specifically for me ( how incredible is that??) The understanding that I am not in control and that he is sovereign. The learning of patience in waiting for his answer to an anxious prayer or plea. It is a commitment that I will live for the Lord despite earthly temptation. It is a commitment to follow the path he has lit for me even when it doesn't make sense. It is a relationship that never changes ,only grows, a relationship with a faithful trust and an everlasting love. A relationship that is secure with a sure knowledge that God always has my best interest at heart and I simply need to listen and obey. I am a child of God, yes I am!
A thought came to me today as I stumbled upon some inspirational posts. Why are we often so eager to escape our troubling circumstances. We get trapped in the fire and get so focused on getting out that perhaps we miss the most important question of all, what refining needs to be completed in the fire? Just as a welder uses the fire to shape and refine metal, so God uses our circumstances, "fires" to shape and refine us. If he simply swooped in and saved the day, we would lack the knowledge he hopes us to gain, we wouldn't grow in character or wisdom. In the fire we think he abandom us, left us to our own devices, but in reality he is more present in the fire even then in the calm. It's when we feel abandoned that he's calling to us the loudest, beckoning us to just open our ears to listen to his voice. Take the fires in stride, don't immediately reach for the extinguisher. Allow the flames to surround you with the confident knowledge that the one whom the...
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