Oceans from the rain

The cycle of life demands different things from everyone; not only because we are different people with different dreams, but because we are different people with different purposes. Life is different for everyone. It appears easy for some and hard and confusing for others. But that comes as a result of why you are in this life. If you wander the earth without purpose then by all means how you see life will differ from others. It's how God created things. When you are little, you have dreams like castles and you are moved to want that dream see the light of day because it was inspired by a film, a story or even God Himself. As you grow, life happens and your dreams change. You are moved by the riches of this world to change and settle for something different or you keep what you've always know to be true in your heart. The other day a girl told me that having six pack abs is a requirement most girls put on their must have for suitable "help me". A few hours after she said that, I saw a post which asked: "Would you prefer a rich autocratic partner or a poor understanding partner?" And I thought, should they have six pack abs? Our world today dictates the order for the people who live in it. "You must have this, you mush have that." The interesting thing, however, is they all want happiness. Our need for control dictates everything in our lives and our mental pictures always limit God. Yesterday, in a talk with a friend, the statement, " Do not put God in a box." came up and I realized that putting God in a box doesn't only limit his working in your life, it also belittles your faith. Life is more meaningful with God in it. Truth be told, the meaning of life comes when you are hooked to God. There is a lot more to life than just keeping a job. Or focusing on your career. In C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters, uncle Screwtape warns Wormwood to never allow the patient to question, "is that all there is to life?" After a job, good living and family, is that all there is to life? Are you suppose to grow old and die? Certainly not. Jesus is where plans meets purpose. ( more on that) Understand that if that was all there is to life, then God wouldn't want us not to conform to the pattern of this world. After all, the world is living in that same order. Everyone is after the money and the "good life" What at all is the good life? What does it mean to have a good life? Think on these things

We always put God in a box, one way or the other. I used to do that a lot. Telling God what I want down to specifics and jumping at first light when I saw something close to it. Bad decisions come with two things; regret and remorse. Where do bad decisions come from? We are always forced to think that our experience in some previous situations always gives us a birds eye view on similar future instances. And we think we can come out of particular situation the way we came out the old one. Oh how we forget that He gives fresh anointing for everyday. Most people at the age of 17 or 18 think they have life figured out. You know the kind of girl you want to marry, the kind of job you want and the kind of house, where you want to live and the like. At that stage we deceive ourselves in to thinking that life is all that and we set sail leaving the port with sheer glee and hopeful expectation, filled pride because we know that our lives will be a model for others. Here's the thing: No one has life figured out. No one! Only God has life figured out because, He put you into life and without Him you are lost, literally. I mean lost; swaying to the pattern of this world. God has life figured out. Not only did He know the pattern, he designed it before your mother was born and way before they decided to have you. I mean, you won the fight to come to this earth. That must mean something, right, and it's more than just chance. Think Purpose. Think God. You don't want to be living life without purpose.  God wants you to be transformed in your mind because, your thought process has to change to live out his purpose. You can't fight new battles with old anointing. People always want to do something that gives them a sense of purpose. You see it in today's world: the riots, the demonstrations, the attacks, the killings, the chaos, the good will, charity events, and the like all are inspired by purpose, good and bad ones, godly and ungodly. In our everyday life, we are moved to act because of purpose, little reasons and little causes. Think about this, why do people do what they do? Because someone inspired them to. Someone talked them in to it. Someone made it sound right in their ears. and more importantly they are doing it because it gives them a reason to live. But God is a just God, forever faithful and true and he loves us more than we can think or even perceive to understand. He is that good to give us a purpose to go through everyday with a calm mind because, we depend on Him to take us through the marked out plan for life. He is that awesome to mark out everyone's plan differently and that plan takes you to your friends, your Mrs. and your kids, and it takes you everywhere God would have you go. Isn't it amazing to know that You don't have to worry about getting lost because you are dependent on him?

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