It's my perogative

I have decided that I don't like the way that my post about my journey till here sounded. I might work on it for a future post, but I won't be doing it for right now. I wanted to talk about a few things that are more actively going on.

I finally got around to watching Andy Stanley's first sermon from the current series "He still* has the whole world in His hands". I think that its a perfectly apt series with all the worries that we are bombarded with on a daily basis. I had started it once before, but due to work or other distractions, I didn't focus enough on it to really get anything out of it. So, I watched it again today. There were a couple things that just really spoke to me. One was where Stanley was talking about how our favorite bible stories are times when the people involved weren't sure how things would work out, but still held onto the belief that God would come through. While that might not completely address our situations today, it gives us the hope that we need. This led to the phrase or sentence that Stanley said that just resonated was this: When the world is uncertain, God is certain.

God is always there, always working and always meeting the needs of His plan. He knows what we need, He knows what we desire, and He can meet or provide as we need. How often do we forget about these simple truths? We want God to show up on OUR time and with OUR way of dealing with the situation. We aren't God though. We aren't in any more control of anything than we ever were.

Now, I am personally thinking about some stuff. My wife and I have been asked to lead a Financial Peace class for another church. Its a little scary. I am honored because I have seen how God can work when you are willing to let Him in your financial life. But then I think about how we still aren't debt free. We have just one more debt. Granted, God has helped us or should I say, led us, to pay off almost 13,000 dollars in debt in about 14 months, but does that in any way qualify us to teach a class that we are still learning about? I guess the real answer is that we are never qualified to do anything for God, but we can be willing and let Him use us. I don't want to be stubborn and hold back from something that God could use, but I guess I doubt myself. That really is what it comes down to when we are dealing with something that we think God wants us to do. We think of a million different reasons that God would do better to pick some one else or if it was just a little later, when we are a bit more ready. Seldom do we just think, well, if God has asked me, I can do it.

So, instead of hearing where I was, you are hearing where I am today. It will be good to look back at my past and give you a bit more information about me, but that will have to wait. Instead, I am thankful to have a reminder that when we are uncertain about a situation, God is still in control.