I’m just going to write for the next 10 minutes because today was such a hectic day for me. I’m not even close to winding down at 9:30PM, if anything I’m just getting started. But last week on my blog, I challenged myself to post once a week on Saturday -- even if it was just a verse or a short prayer -- and that the power of consistency came even in the form of the little we have.
I think now realizing how quickly a week passes, I definitely want to consider spreading out my writing schedule throughout the week. I have to commute around 2 hours a day when I go to school, so some of that time can definitely be put to good use for my blog.
Sometimes time with God feels like that too. Rushed. Squeezed in. Not a priority on my to-do list. I’m trying to build self-control and discipline. Even if I don’t like it. It’s easy when you like it. Eating healthy is easy if you like the food you eat. Exercise can be fun with a friend or if you see results. Studying is satisfying if you see the fruits of your efforts. How about when it doesn’t feel like that? How about when none of those things happen?
These past few weeks, I’ve been getting back into taking walks with my dog and exercising. Today I was 30 mins through a 45 minute workout. Suddenly those 15 minutes seemed awful. I thought to myself, “I can stop, it’s okay to not finish.” AND IT’S TRUE. It’s okay to not do the entire workout or study the full 5 hours you planned.
But at that moment, I didn’t want to give up when I was so close. I was already 2/3rd the way there. I prayed at that moment of weakness and humaness. I’m someone who finishes things even if it’s hard. I’m someone who can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
We know that even working out can be done for the glory of God. In that moment, I was reminding myself that when I want to quit anything: praying, hoping, believing, or having faith -- God is able to take me to the finish line.
Hebrews 12:2 says “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Whatever is happening in my life didn’t start or end with me. My faith. My hopes. My dreams to become an optometrist. To be transformed in the image of Christ. None of that happened because of me, so why do I think it’ll only happen because of me or it’ll only get done through me?
Let Jesus finish His work in You. I’m letting it happen. I’m growing stronger. I’m a warrior. I’m a conqueror. I wasn’t these things before. I was a failure. I was incapable of overcoming my flesh. I was someone who was dead in my sin, but God changed my life and my story.
So, I pray that you know God is doing the same for you. Never give up? Even if you give up, God will never give up on finishing His masterpiece that is you.
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