Well I'm not a particular fan of just opening to a random page in the Bible and hoping the Lord speaks to you. But sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. I leave for my new home today, and my bags are all already packed and stowed. As such, I don't have access to my Bible, so I asked the Lord to send a verse to my mind. Instantly, Philippians 3:17 came to my mind.
So I looked up that passage online, and can I just say, God is so good. Today my life will drastically change. My home, my family, my job, my habits, my friends, and probably lots of other things that haven't even occurred to my mind. Today they will all change. And you know, it's easy to forget about God in new situations. We rationalize to ourselves that it's ok if we kind of ignore God for a bit - He understands that we have a lot of adjusting to do.
But God reminded me today that that is not ok. He is the most important thing in our world, and to neglect Him would be worse than to neglect to breathe. Paul is a prime example of this - in all circumstances, even if he was stuck in a prison cell, he clung fast to the Lord. And in Philippians 3:17, he tells us to follow his lead.
Don't use the cares and frustrations and worries and difficulties of this world as an excuse to get distracted. Don't be focused on worldly things. Let the Author and Perfector of your faith mold you into the beautiful creation that you were meant to be.
So I looked up that passage online, and can I just say, God is so good. Today my life will drastically change. My home, my family, my job, my habits, my friends, and probably lots of other things that haven't even occurred to my mind. Today they will all change. And you know, it's easy to forget about God in new situations. We rationalize to ourselves that it's ok if we kind of ignore God for a bit - He understands that we have a lot of adjusting to do.
But God reminded me today that that is not ok. He is the most important thing in our world, and to neglect Him would be worse than to neglect to breathe. Paul is a prime example of this - in all circumstances, even if he was stuck in a prison cell, he clung fast to the Lord. And in Philippians 3:17, he tells us to follow his lead.
Don't use the cares and frustrations and worries and difficulties of this world as an excuse to get distracted. Don't be focused on worldly things. Let the Author and Perfector of your faith mold you into the beautiful creation that you were meant to be.
Philippians 3:17-21
17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. 
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