" and to walk humbly with your God"

So many times lately I've found myself so wound up about stuff. And most of the things I get worked up about are important things, but I can't solve them alone, and I can only do so much. So this is in response to my last post.

Stuff. God is concerned with our stuff. He is concerned with you and I, and thus He cares about all the stuff in our life. But the key is that since He is concerned with all aspects of our lives, we can let them go and surrender them to God and walk in peace.

I am reminded of the verse in Micah 6:8 where the Lord says " he has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Lately I have felt like Martha, running around wanting to do so much and kicking myself because I didn't do it or didn't do all that I wanted to do (or maybe missed a thing or two because I was exhausted and slept a bit too long). But this morning I just felt God telling me to relax. I have enough stuff on my plate. And throughout college I have just kept coming back to one word-STEWARDSHIP. God is telling me to stop thinking about what I am going to do tomorrow or in the future, or even in the next couple of hours. I am thinking too much. I know I'm not the only one who has this issue. But God was just reminding me to stay faithful to my studies, to work and to the people I am around, and taking the time to rest in His arms because I need that spiritual rest in order to grow as God wants me to.

God still encourages us to dream, but to also find Him in our everyday lives. Some times I think, "well my life isn't super exciting." But we all find ourselves in that situation from time to time. It's ok, we have to have those times or we wouldn't appreciate the stirring times as much. And quite frankly God is using that to remind me that it is about Him. My world tells me that I am the most important thing and that I am the future, but what is the future without God in it? And truthfully we have no significance in and of ourselves. God gives us significance, and without Him we wander around aimlessly. Yes God wants to do great things in us, but it is NEVER because of ourselves that anything great is achieved. Anytime I do something significant in my life it is always IN SPITE OF MYSELF. Because if we look at God's Word, it was never about Israel, it was never about the Disciples, it was all about God and how amazing HE IS that He has done these great things, even with us. He makes us beautiful, and I can be at peace in that. And as far as getting things done, I feel Him calling me to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians). Simply to pray, for there i am humbled and then God hears me from heaven. There I say "You Are..." and in a quiet way worship because HE IS.

May God bless you with a greater understanding of how He is beautiful in you and He gives mankind and the natural world it's beauty. And may this lead you to worship him in your daily life and be able to find significance in His beauty. Amen.