I don't really know where to start or where this is gonna lead, but I just wanted to share some thoughts that appeared in my mind during the past two weeks.
Last year God taught me a lesson. A lesson called 'trust'.
I was not trusting him having a good plan for my life, that his plan was to prosper me and not to harm me.
However, he put this verse, Jeremiah 29, 11 in front of me, wherever I walked. It says:
'For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you, not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. '
Last summer, I started listening to this, I started trusting in this, trusting God. And it seemed like everything started to work for the better.
To trust is like sky-diving.........you never know if your parachute opens or not.
And this is how it feels, like sky-diving. I've never been sky-diving, but I really want to. What I know for sure though is, that I don't want to jump by myself but with a professional AND I will definitely need someone to kick me out of that plane! =D
Think about it..............................it is exactly the same with God.
To trust God that he has a plan, and that he wants our best and not our worst, to believe in his promises........this really demands you to jump, to jump into the open sky, with no solid ground under your feet, with nothing to hold onto.
Isn't that scary??
I've heard people say: Why in the world would I jump out of an airplane with perfectly good motors???
This always makes me smile. =)
At some point, these people are right, because it appears so much safer to stay in that plane that flies perfectly good, that puts something around you to protect you from falling. So, why jump into open air, falling down with huge speed, not knowing if you will be slowed down by your parachute, or just hit the ground full speed and ........ be spread all over the place.
It seems so much safer to stay in the good running airplane.
BUT here is my point: you ask 'why in the world would I jump out of an airplane with perfect good motors?'
I ask you ' because the place it's gonna land at might be worse than standing the fear of jumping and falling down with high speed!'
think about it for a while........
It might be safer to jump out of an airplane and risk falling down and crashing onto the ground.........than landing safely at a place that is worse than you could ever imagine!
This is so much like our relationship with God.
We stay in our 'safe' plane, it is running pretty good. We don't have to fear falling down. We don't have to fear crashing.
We live our every day life, we go to church because it is on the schedule for Sunday mornings. We might go to a Bible study group during the week, because we enjoy seeing the people there and we don't know what else we should do on a Wednesday night.
But besides that, we go on with our habits, we think about what we are going to do tomorrow, we think about our to do list and how we are gonna get rid of all the points on it.
And when something occurs, when trouble appears or we get run over by life, we blame God. We say: you did not prevent this and this, you did not help me with this and this.....and so on
But this is not living a relationship with God.
Living a relationship means to trust that the other person wants my best, not my worst.
It means to TRUST.
And even when troubles occur, even if we don't understand what is happening, even if we have struggles and hardships..........even though, a relationship means to TRUST.
And trusting means to JUMP.
Like I said before, if I would literally go sky-diving, I want someone to jump with me, a professional I am attached to. And I will really need someone to kick me out of that plane.
This also happens in a relationship with God.
Jesus jumps with you. If you want to. He is the professional, he is the one who knows all and who has the perfect relationship with the Father, with God. He knows how jumping out of the plane is, he knows what it feels like, he's done it before.
So, get attached to him and let him open the parachute for you.
And if you want to, God's gonna kick you out of the plane. He will, but you have to ask for it. He won't do it unless you pray to him and ask him to do so.
You may still ask: Why in the world should I jump though.
The plane is good, and although Jesus would jump with me and take care of the parachute, why should I still risk it?
The only correct but most important answer is: because the plane will take you to a place worse than you can imagine. It will land safely, but that won't matter anymore.
So, jumping -although it appears to be much more dangerous, much more terrifying- is actually safer than staying in the plane and going to the worst place ever.
Don't you think so?
I do.
So why don't you join the sky-diving club, attach Jesus to yourself so he can safe you from hitting the ground and die, and give God the allowance to kick you out of the plane.
TRUST him that he has a the perfect plan and although it might seem to harm you sometimes, remember he wants your best and that it is gonna get better some day as long as you trust him and JUMP.
You might think: I've jumped before. But somehow, I got back on that plane of habits and every day life eating me up, excepting God from my life.
I encourage you to jump again.
We are all human beings and we tend to get on the same plane over and over again. But no matter what it is that keeps the plane's seatbelt around your waist........Jesus is ready to jump again with you and open the parachute for you.
And the very best thing about it is: it costs you NOTHING. The jump and the opening of the parachute are for free. Jesus has already paid for it. He has made it possible for you to do this.
So, why not take it for the first time?
Why not take it again?
I encourage you to jump and whenever you find yourself back on the plane, jump again.
It is worth it. And when you jumped, feel the air around you, feel the wind touching your skin, feel the sunlight shining on you and see the beauty of the world below you. Embrace the feeling and know, the parachute will open. Jesus promised it!
This is what I just thought about. I was planning on going into a completely different direction and talk about something different, but this is how God works.
He gives me input and I write it down to share. He is the master, I am th tool.
And maybe this is what you needed to hear today?. Maybe this is exactly the point you are standing at right now?.
I am excited what God is gonna use it for and what he has planned for your life. =)
I'll see you in the sky, flying right next to me.
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