God or Man

What is the purpose of living? To live and laugh and love? To be happy and healthy? To get married, have babies, and retire?

Umm. No.

I've gotten to the point where I am just too darn tired of trying everyday, all day, to be everyone's "favorite". I get my life going in this little circle, and when I think I'm finally gettin' somewhere... PSYCH. I'm back where I started. Thanks a lot God.

Hold the phone! Just wait a minute!

Point: Who ever said that we had to "please people"?! 

Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

We can't serve more than one thing, We try! Don't get me wrong there. We definitely try! But just like this verse says, "Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God?" - notice the little word, "or". It didn't say "and", it said "or", like "either/or". Not both! No one can serve two masters; this is a choice we all have to make - God or Man.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.

I've finally figured out the answer: try to please God - not people. But honestly? When was the last time I ever did anything that I wasn't told why?... Uh, never? 

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Point: I live for God, and live to please God, because HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME!

Males.

Right off the bat, let me just say: Males - they can be pretty darn stupid.

Sometimes, as girls, think we've got a guy all figured out - where we're sure they have nothing left in their little pockets to throw at us. At that point? It usually feels like a smack in the face with a piece of raw chicken. 

God always has a plan, (Jer. 29:11) and sometimes, that plan is for His little girls not to know exactly what He's up to. Yes, it's hard. I get it. Sometimes I hate how much it feels like God's treating my life like a chess game, but honestly ladies - God's already made checkmate. He already made all the plans! He already won the game! 

Maybe it's about time that we started acting like we know the True Planner. 

Maybe it's about time we actually started asking Him what He has in store for us. 

Maybe it's about time we gave it all to our Heavenly Father. 

I'm gonna give it a try - will you join me?

~Makayla

I Can't Wait Any Longer!

Tonight I had a Bible study with a group of friends - lots of fun! We talked about many interesting subjects, but one really hit me: waiting for my future husband.

Like any good "Christian girl", I've made a list of standards for any guy I would ever consider dating, but lately... I've been straying away from those commitments I've made to myself. Don't get me wrong - I'm not dating anyone, but should I settle for even liking a guy that's not "perfectly messed up" just the way I like, want, and need him to be? 

I think not.

I know God has the right guy out there for me, but ... maybe I want him now? Maybe I don't want to wait? I know it's all in His timing, sometimes I just wish He would hurry up. We can try and make all our own plans, but GOD is the one who makes things happen - in His own timing and will.

Proverbs 16:9 - A man's mind plans his way, but The Lord directs his steps and makes them sure. 

Right now, is not the time for a relationship for me - I get it. But that doesn't necessarily mean that God doesn't have something planned for my future though!

Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.

His purpose - not mine - HIS. Why should the clay tell the potter how to craft himself? Why should we tell God how to craft our lives? 

Let me clear something up real fast here: The point of God is not to 'love and praise' Him in return for what we want; loving, praising, and diligently seeking God should be our focus, and all the gifts and rewards He gives us should only make us love, thank, and seek Him more.

Hebrews 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarded of those who diligently seek Him.

Maybe God is teaching my future husband a lesson in diligently seeking Him just like He's teaching me? How rude and inconsiderate would that be if I interrupted God teaching His lesson? Learning to wait on God to mold his son into the man he is supposed to be is going to be a challenge, but God knows what He's doing.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.

God knows I'm not ready right now. God knows my future husband isn't ready right now. Someday we will be, and then God's gonna throw a party. ;) Just you watch.

~Makayla