When I first moved into my new room, one of the first things I noticed was the fact that my walls were pretty bare. I'm not exactly good at finding wall art, but I felt that I needed something to put on my wall by the door. One of the things I found in my cluttered desk was something that I thought would be perfect. It's a notecard with a quote on it from my sophomore year of college. I haven't paid much attention to the notecard, but recently I found myself looking at it. It says, "God doesn't call you to feel ready. He calls you to follow him." I'm not sure where the quote came from but I wish I would read it more as I go in and out of my room.
Last weekend I went to a conference with Campus Crusade for Christ that was about what life looks like after college and what it means to be a Christian in the world today. The speaker brought up the fact that life is short. If you were to make a timeline of the world, your life would be a tiny, almost unseeable dot. So, with your life, what are you going to do? Who are you going to live for? Yourself? Recently, I've discovered a recurring theme in my life. If I don't feel prepared, then I won't take the opportunity. As I began to look at the notecard on my wall, I found myself challenged by the quote. "God doesn't call you to FEEL ready. He calls you to FOLLOW HIM." The reality is, life is short and we will never feel ready for the things that come our way. But the question is, who will you put your trust in? Yourself? Others? Or God? Jon Foreman has a quote that really makes me think. He says, "Life is short, live it well." I like this quote because it reminds me to take opportunities. Life is short but is also one big adventure. The reality is, no one feels ready for what comes next. No one is ever prepared enough. So, as I look at my wall, I want to remind myself to take opportunities. Rather than trust in myself, I can trust in God. "Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." -2 Corinthians 12:9 "How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog--it's here for a little while, then it's gone." -James 4:14
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