Not Willing to Settle!

I am not willing to settle for less than God's perfect plan in any area of my life. I will not settle for less when it comes to my relationship with God. I will not settle for less when it comes to my job. I will not settle for less when it comes to relationships. I will not settle for less when it comes to my health. These are four of the most important areas of my life.

Tonight I am fired up! I will not settle! Some people think I should lay down my standards and settle for something. "Isn't something better than nothing?" Nope. Something is equal to nothing if it does not involve God and isn't planned by God. One of the most simple truths of the Bible rings true for me yet again. "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you." My time is as precious as money. And I desire to be a good steward of my finances. And likewise, I will be a wise steward of my time. I will invest my time into my career, relationships, and my health as God leads and guides me.

My goal is to glorify Him alone. My desire isn't even to make myself happy. I rejoice because the Lord is my exceedingly great reward (Gen 15:1). I rejoice in the Lord for it is written "Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice! (Philippians 4:4). I rejoice because God's plans for my life are for good and not evil, to give me a hope and a future (Jer. 29:11). By having peace in the nature of God and how He feels toward me, I don't have to worry about the other areas of my life.

Now that doesn't mean that I don't worry. I have my days, weeks and moments...but I consistently have to lift my eyes to the hills from where my help comes from. Sometimes I get frustrated and I take my problems out of God's hands and try to work them out myself...as if I'm smarter than God...that's funny. But I get impatient with Him because He doesn't work according to my timeline. I mean to get real honest I never thought I'd be 30, unemployed, single and living in a city where I don't know anyone. But I have to remember that His ways and his plans are so much higher and so much better than mine.

So my resolve tonight is to not settle. I choose not to worry. I choose to rejoice in the Lord and not to blame Him.

There's so much behind this blog...more to come.