Creation of Fear

        When I think of the creation of humans I picture a sculpture taking their clay apart piece by piece to create one masterpiece that is displayed among the rest of their work. And they all reflect off of each other; they share a light of radiance that shines beyond anything human. Once a sculpture makes their new pot or vase they don’t think of how it will be broken. They had just spent several days in taking their entire glorious creative mind into many tedious hours to create something so small but yet something so beautiful. The creator is confident that their new masterpiece will show many sides of their creative ways. I’m sure you have heard that we are the clay and God is the potter, well it’s true. Once He created us He knew that we would fall several times in our life time. And you think why would He make us in knowing that we would fail in life? Yes, He made us in KNOWING that but He also knew that we would become stronger in those times. Think about a time that tested your faith, a time where you thought that this is it. You were going to live a horrible and depressing life forever, and that you would just have to get use to it. Whenever I go through those “life threatening” times it almost seems like you being to fall deeper and deeper into sin. Now after awhile I began to pick up something in my experience of heartbreaks. That we are not supposed to worry about our future because one, we can’t control it whatsoever and second of all God is the one who writes our story. You probably just got the typical visual of God sitting up in heaven on a cloud writing away your life story. Even though that looks appealing that’s not exactly what in talking about when I say God writes your story. When He created us He knew where you would go, what you would say, what you would think, and every one of your decisions you would ever make. And every single person on this earth is wired differently in those factors. He made every single one of us differently and yeah I’m sure when He created everyone that way He knew that we would butt heads in some way. Just think of a world that was exactly the same…there would be no diversity. We would all look at everything the same way, there would only be one opinion! That seems way too creepy for me! God created us with diversity in knowing that He was chancing hard times between the human races. And when we go through those tough times the first thing we automatically do is worry. And believe or not doubt and worrying is a sin, I actually just learned that a couple days ago in my quiet time. I constantly doubt the Lord because I can never make decisions for myself so I ask the Lord for help while asking the people around for help. You won’t receive anything from the Lord unless you come to Him with faith in Him only. Because if you don’t then you are like a wave that is being swayed by the wind but you are of the sea. If life was easy then as soon as we landed on this earth God would have dropped down billions of instruction manuals titled “How to Be a Human.” Even though that sounds like the easy way out, we can find the answer without wasting a bunch of trees in heaven. No one will ever know every detail in how God wants us to live our life, but being put here on earth is how we are suppose to find out. When you go through trials and hard times you don’t automatically think of positive thoughts. But the only reason God wants us to go through trials is because He wants us to grow in our faith. Even if you feel like He is not there, He is….He always is. Think of it as laser tag. You know the game where you go in and put on the cool vest and have the cool gun that shots a colored laser oh you always have those ironically corny “team names”. If you think of your trials as a laser tag game they really go hand in hand. You go out with your team (Spiritually: the ones you love, will always have your back) to tackle the mission (Spiritually: your trial) and the whole time you have your vest that is always there to keep you safe (Spiritually: the vest is God!). He may not always be there talking to you but He is there, and He will give you the advice when He knows that you need it. When He is silent is when you are learning. The only way we can read the manual to life is by connecting and trusting God. So let go of your worries this week and focus on living the life God has planned for you, not what you think He has planned.

Word for the Day:   “The Lord Himself will fight for you, just stay calm.”

                                                           ~Exodus 14:14