This morning I heard a sermon based on the life of Daniel and His choice to honor God no matter the chaos that was going on around him. He chose to be the man God called him to be no matter what the cost.
"Daniel didn't wait for all the details to work out or to hear the end of the story. He lived a life that was centered and focused...He had made up his mind way before he knew what would happen...He didn't know how, he didn't know where, He didn't know when, but He knew what...He knew what He was gonna do and who He was going to serve. He knew his God would be true to Him. He knew He would choose to love for Him no matter what it cost. We need to decide what our priorities are going to be. We determine who and where our allegiance is going to be...our choice and no one elses" (Steve Saccone)
It must be God's theme this year to teach me about uncertainty. I heard this this morning and realized the importance of being confident in who God promises He is rather than to focus on all that seems to be confusing around me. "God wants you to pray confident prayers based on who you know Him to be and what you know he has promised to give you....He is the only one who will never fail you. God is the only one who will never let you down" (Alice Smith). I want God to be my priority. In reality it's the only truly safe place to be. It seems like such a paradox in the sense that a life with God is often full of uncertainty, risk, and surrender...everything that seems to lack control and safety. But it's really the only place that is completely safe. The only place that I will not be let down. I only see what is present and what has happened in the past....God sees all of it...past, present, future. He knows where, when, and how. I want to be like Daniel and despite the uncertainty, despite swimming upstream from everyone else, choose to live for Him no matter what the cost.
God give me the confidence and security to focus on on what I know about who you are, rather than what I don't know about the details of life or the next steps to take...
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