We all have our own ideas for who we want to be. That's fine and all, but who does GOD want us to be? That's the real question for the Christian, isn't it?
We can say we want to get married when we grow up and have 2.3 children, a good job and a nice, big house to live in . . . that's the American dream! But what if God has something else in mind? What if things don't turn out like we had hoped and our childhood dreams don't come true?
Let's stop right there. Look at our description of "the perfect life." Is that the life of a Christian? It's a self-centered description of a worldly life, is it not?
"Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is." - 1 John 3:2
Aren't we supposed to be submitting to HIS will in our lives? How does the Lord's Prayer go? It's "THY will be done," not MY will. Where in the Bible does it say that God wants us to be happy? Nowhere. There are even verses that say the opposite.
"In this life you WILL have trouble." - John 16:33
Think about it. Shouldn't our prayer be for God to make us into who HE wants us to be?
We often ask kids, "What do YOU want to be when you grow up?" Instead, shouldn't we ask, "Where is God leading you?" Or, at a graduation party, do we ask the graduate, "What is God's will for you now?"
I'm thinking our prayer should be for God to make us into who HE wants us to be. Our job is to figure out what that job is. And accomplish it. For Him.
Keep Making Me - Sidewalk Prophets
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