The Adventure in Christ
The Lord is my Sheperd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul... - Pslam 23:1-3
Well, I am packing my bags and preparing to go back to Maui. I've been praying into all the changes in every step of the way. I've been reflecting on where I've come from and the great changes God has made in my life. Of course, changes in location are the obvious things, but even the less obvious changes of heart have impacted my life more, I believe.
God led me to Psalm 23 and as I meditated on it, I realized something that I had never truly thought of before. It has been God's greatest pleasure to take me on an adventure. He loves to challenge me, but to also reward me. The rewards can look like so many different things. Sometimes it is peace, sometimes it is a new friend and sometimes it is a new location, too beautiful for my eyes to even taken in.
It is at those moments when I feel that I have no more to give that the Lord tells me it is time to take rest in Him. He just picks me up and says, "It is time to go." I curl up in His arms, close my eyes and I wake up fully refreshed, in a beautiful place, with a new set of challenges before me.
This time is not unlike that. I'm preparing for the journey ahead. I have no idea what new challenges I will face, but I know there will be many. In the next season, I will grow and change as much as, if not more than, I have this season. This is simply the adventure Christ has for me right now.
I really believe that God's will for us is to show us new things, take us on new adventures, with new challenges and new experiences. He doesn't need to take you to another country, (though He may do so for you,) He can give you an adventure exactly where you are. Consider all the adventures you have had in your day to day life in the last year. You will see how exciting our God is. God is a wild ride.
Well, I am packing my bags and preparing to go back to Maui. I've been praying into all the changes in every step of the way. I've been reflecting on where I've come from and the great changes God has made in my life. Of course, changes in location are the obvious things, but even the less obvious changes of heart have impacted my life more, I believe.
God led me to Psalm 23 and as I meditated on it, I realized something that I had never truly thought of before. It has been God's greatest pleasure to take me on an adventure. He loves to challenge me, but to also reward me. The rewards can look like so many different things. Sometimes it is peace, sometimes it is a new friend and sometimes it is a new location, too beautiful for my eyes to even taken in.
It is at those moments when I feel that I have no more to give that the Lord tells me it is time to take rest in Him. He just picks me up and says, "It is time to go." I curl up in His arms, close my eyes and I wake up fully refreshed, in a beautiful place, with a new set of challenges before me.
This time is not unlike that. I'm preparing for the journey ahead. I have no idea what new challenges I will face, but I know there will be many. In the next season, I will grow and change as much as, if not more than, I have this season. This is simply the adventure Christ has for me right now.
I really believe that God's will for us is to show us new things, take us on new adventures, with new challenges and new experiences. He doesn't need to take you to another country, (though He may do so for you,) He can give you an adventure exactly where you are. Consider all the adventures you have had in your day to day life in the last year. You will see how exciting our God is. God is a wild ride.
posted by Kim McInerney | 12:03 PM
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