An Adults answer to life

Lately I have been antsy and concerned about my future, specifically about my romantic future. This is from seeing the experiences of people around me. Their relationships, interactions, conversations, plans, dreams, wants, desires,etc. Well since God knows who this will be I decided to pay HIm a visit and take it up with him. I yelled, stomped my foot and complained. "It's not fair!", I said. "I need a comforter! Someone to be with because i am lonely and have all of these issues!" God heard my cry and offered his rebuttal. Why was I so concerned with this? Didn't I know he had a plan? A time for everything? Why was I concerning myself so much with what I saw around me and assumed I needed or wanted it when God has a plan, His will for me? All that I see? Its what he has for that person. Everyone is different.

This was one of many doses of reality I have been getting as of late. With everything that has been happening I've been learning. Learning that being an adult means tough decisions, nasty situations, and hardships. Its a part of life but the adult thing to do? Look to God for comfort, for shelter, for His will and strength for we are weak. You can't always get what you want but get what God wants you to get and to have and to need. I suppose we should learn what the meaning of life is. I discovered it in a book. Want to know what it is? Well I will tell you.

Matthew 22:37-39:³⁷Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Mountains

Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:19-20

I got mountains. Boy, let me tell you I got mountains. Uncertainty in school, in life, money issues, debt, sickness, worry, lack of faith and so much more. Boy do I got mountains. But, despite that, all of the worries, I always get through it. Maybe you have a mountain? Worry, sickness, family issue. We see the here, and now. But we never look to the tomorrow. Sure, Jesus said not to worry, o course but I am not telling you to worry about tomorrow, or the future. No, I am saying look to the end of the storm. Look to where God leads you, because sure, man may have your back at times, but God always has your back, even when it doesn't seem like it.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:33-34

This is a response from my Brother in Christ George (as I post these on my facebook as well) on this.

Perspective is everything. What lens we are interpreting reality in is very important. I just want to add a few points to your note.

1.) perspective
We all have mountains. Sometimes pretty big ones that seems so impossible to cross over. But how we view these mountains, our perspective, is important. I think of how Paul or Jesus looked at their mountains. Hebrews 12:1-2 talks about the joy set before Jesus. Jesus acknowledged his pain but didn't focus on it. True happiness was set before him, at what his suffering would accomplish. It was not based on momentary circumstances. He kept his focus on God. Paul also did the same. The tell him he's going go die if he goes to Jerusalem but he says he's willing to die for Christ. He wasn't focused on his pain because he knew a greater good would come from it and he knew that it didn't make Jesus' Death on the cross skip over him. The promise of new life was his through faith no matter what pain or suffering he was enduring.

2. They both acknowledged their pain
I think of Paul in 2 Cor 12 with the thorn in his flesh. He prays for God to take it away 3 times. He didn't just sweep it under the rug even though he had a good perspective on it as shown above. Same with Jesus in the garden. He asks God if there is another way. At that time he didn't want to suffer the way he knew he was going to. He brings that to God. Keep a healthy biblical perspective on suffering yes, but dint ignore or sweep the problems under the rug either.

3. Last point. Realize that life is all about the glory of God. ThAts the point of everything. 1 Cor 10:31 and Philippians 2 talks about that. It's all for him. So God is going to do whatever brings him the most glory but also going to work it out for our good as Romans 8 says. So the rest of Jesus' prayer is not my will be done but yours. He understood the two points made in three and was willing to endure what ever would accomplish those.