See It Everyday!

It is amazing how you find the most perfect verses at the most perfect times. It's times like this that I feel like God is talking to me the most. I came across a few verses this week that really stuck out to me, and God was really trying to talk to me through.

The first verse is Galatians 1:10. It says, "Obviously, I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant." This verse was really something that I needed to hear again, because a lot of the times I am trying to impress people, and win their approval. I think it is human nature to always try to impress people and get them to like us more. But something I learned in Navigators the other night is that it is okay to have those feelings, God gave them to us, but instead of acting on them we need to focus that energy somewhere else. Okay honestly, the speaker at Navs was talking about an entire different subject matter, but I feel like it applies to this. Instead of focusing on what other people think, and trying to impress them, I need to re-focus that energy on what God wants, and getting the approval from God. Just like the verse says, by focusing on winning the approval of God, and doing what God wants, you are truly Christ's servant. And that is what I want to be.

One other verse that stuck out to me is Galatians 1:15-16. It says, "But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles." This verse doesn't necessarily speak to me in the way the previous one did, but more so gives me a good and happy feeling. It reassures me to know that God chose me and made me even before I was born. He chose me and made me how he wanted me, and that is such a great feeling knowing that I am perfect in God's eyes. It goes back to something that Aaron Stern said at The MILL a few weeks ago...that when we judge people, we are really just judging the creator. That quote reassures me as well, because when I know people are looking down upon me and judging me, it does not bother me as much because I know God created me the way he wanted, and He CHOSE me, therefore it does not matter what anybody else says or thinks.
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There are so many things I have experienced over the last week that I can see how God is working in my life. However, I don't really know how to get it all out on words. Participating in communion this past week as a big deal for me, it felt so great. It was something that I needed, and God allowed me to experience it again, the first time in a very long time. I have also been dealing with some issues with one of my old roommates, and God finally took it all off my heart. I no longer feel a burden with her anymore. All of these things and experiences are God working in my life. Plus so much more! I used to not see things like this as a sign from God, but now I can see God working in my life every single day.

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