2. God’s master production
There are different people God wants to connect into your life at particular points on your journey other than the ones you currently see around you. The key for us is to realise who they are and not dismiss them.
Right now you may only be able to see lines on a refil pad, but God has the full script in front of him. He knows who is going to be in your life for a short time and a long time. There are going to be other people that he will bring across your path that you need to interact with to get along side and learn from. He puts them there by design not coincidence. We need to learn to follow his prompting.
John 6:5-9 ‘When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!" Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
Challenging situations like this often uncover who we are and where we are at. In this situation, Philip had doubts and he spoke from his insecurity and negativity, Andrew however was a different character. He had enough confidence to make a suggestion. Yet God didn’t write Philip off as he knew he was on a journey and the negativity would not be the thing that would define him. Later on in Acts 8 we see that Philip was prompted by the spirit and had the courage to trust and step out and touch someone else’s life.
He was on a journey when he hit doubt but he didn’t let that stop him he kept journeying. God new ahead of time that doubt and negativity would not be a part of Philip’s life forever.
It’s the same with you and God. He already knows the things that do not define who you are and he already sees what you are going to become as you journey through finding out who you are. We just need to trust him and when things come up in our life its just God prompting us to work through them as he knows that they are not what will define us forever.
Posted by: Andrea
About Me
- New Generation
- New Zealand
- New Generation is the youth ministry of the Assemblies Of God in New Zealand. Braden and Andrea Matson are the facilitators and are working with Youth Pastors around the country to equip young people to reach a nation.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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