Your story is a representation of God’s love and grace for you, even when you do not think you deserve it. I know I keep repeating the phrase, “He chose you.”, but it is crucial to living out your story. He knows exactly how we are wired, our personalities, what makes us tick, our heartbreaks, our angry words, our deepest sins, desires, and addictions, and our dark thoughts that we’ve told no one about…And yet, He still chose us. He knows exactly what each day of your life entails. God wrote your story, and has been writing your story since before you were born. Maybe we made it up in our own minds that we have to reach some type of level in order to fulfill our story, to live out our calling.īut, your story was not written by you.
God had already made a way even before we knew Him, before we chose Him, and before we believed in Him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,” -Ephesians 1:4-5 ESV “Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He already chose you.ĭid you read that? God already chose you.
You are not powerful enough to destroy the story that God has already written since before the beginning of time. You, my beautiful friend, are not that powerful.” - Lisa Bevere “If you think you’ve blown God’s plan for your life, rest in this. (Here is the link to the book if you are interested in reading Without Rival.) This is a quote that really resonated and stuck with me ever since I read her book, Without Rival, which is a Christian book with wise Bible teaching geared towards all women. Here is a quote from Lisa Bevere that I shared on my Instagram last week. No matter how down and heavy you are, maybe you are at your lowest valley you have ever been in your life, your story is not over. What if God just wanted you to live your life, but here is the catch to live a life of purpose and mission…you live for Him. Until they finally love themselves and stop hating themselves. Until they get rid of their friends leading them down wrong paths. Until they stop doing things they know is wrong. Like these examples…Until they become a better person. As if their lives won’t really start until they have fully arrived to their “destination” in their head. This can be in the case of graduating from high school, going to college, getting a job, getting married, having/raising a family, or becoming an empty-nester.Įvery single person has stated that they feel like they have to reach a level that seems unreachable. Young people, like teenagers, young adults, in their 20s and 30s, and even older (wiser as we like to call it) people in their 40s and up, all do not necessarily know what they are doing with their lives. This is not something we just started just for the heck of it or we think we will get something out of it like money and fame.ĭavid and I have talked to so many people that have come to us with this or the topic comes up in the conversation. This mission is why David and I started The Simple Mission because we have a strong passion to see others… The mission is what beats in our hearts and why we have purpose as human beings in the world that we live in. God has called all of us for a mission, to live out His purpose of loving Him and loving others around us. And no one is saying anything on this topic.
This is a catastrophic crisis that has a tight grip on God’s people – even the ones that do not yet believe in Him. This is not your typical post where a couple of Bible verses here and there will hopefully inspire you for a moment or two, but then only to drift back into the state of hopelessness that your story is still over and dead. Maybe God has been revealing this to me to encourage at least one person that will read this post. And it has been evident to me that I need to write about this. This has been a phrase that’s been playing in my head over and over again within the last week and a half.
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