Recently I've spent focused time in prayer for a mate, someone to grow old with. I've prayed, "God send the perfect one," and "So! What are you waiting for?" I've asked God over and over again what he's doing, and even taken matters into my own hands a few times and tried to force things that truly I knew couldn't be the right things for me. I don't regret anything, because everything has brought me right to the place that I am now.
Where are you right now, Michelle?
I've come to a place where I can no longer afford to "take matters into my own hands". When the seeking of ANY relationship becomes more of a priority than my relationship with the almighty, I am no longer in balance, and I am no longer the vessel of full use that I was created to be.
Here's the ticket:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
I will diligently seek the master's plan. I don't want to ever pray selfish prayers, but always move forward in life living only to glorify God's kingdom.
This life is a vapor and by no means what it's all about. This body is fragile and will be quite empty at the moment my spirit passes from it. The only legacy that will matter will be the legacy of God's love, the same legacy that continues to be passed through my family from generation to generation.
So, I ask myself these questions, and challenge you to do the same:
Where's your focus? What matters from an eternity standpoint? What doesn't matter? Is your energy poured into reflecting the love of Christ and depending on him to have all of the answers? Because He truly does. He created our brains that ask the questions, surly he knows the answers.
