Matthew 28:19-20

"Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

Friday, April 15, 2011

Commit yourselves to the Lord.....

You guys, lets have a chat. I cannot believe how my God has provided for me this past week and has proven His faithfulness! As you know, I've been struggling to get through this job and just trying to be motivated. On top of that, I believe the Lord is calling me to live in Hawaii on the island of Kauai (at least in Hawaii for sure, but it seems to be the island of Kauai). I was so stressed about this job, how things are going to play out in with Kauai and just life in general. The thing is, seriously, when we stress out, when we are anxious and we plan a billion things in our heads, it gets us know where. Now, I'm not saying, don't plan things, because God did give us a mind and skills to plan, however, we should submit our plans to the Lord and be willing to adjust to what He wants! Let me just tell you this! I was praying so hard these days would go by so fast, and let me tell you..THEY DID! A week til I come home! I mean, Linds and I were completely bored these past 4 weeks and they FLEW!! Also, I was so unsure about Hawaii and how everything was going to play out. I was stressed out about it thinking, "Ok, God wants me to go, so I HAVE TO DO IT!" and God's like, "uhh..Jessie? I gotcha..just be obedient chica!" So right when I thought nothing was working out and the verge of feeling hopeless, Starbucks calls to confirm the interview, then instead of ordering my elliptical on the Price Is Right, they give me $2500 in cash!! I was kinda planning on selling it anyways. It was crazy b/c i was wondering..God how am I gunna afford to even start out there! I even wondered what the reasoning was of being on the Price Is Right was anyways! I mean, God totally knows whats up!! I just want to encourage you guys, to "Commit your plans to the Lord and you will succeed"! When we lay down our plans, and say, "God this is yours...if you want this..then let it happen" He lets everything fall into place! Another example! Linds and I were suppose to leave for Cali, today. However, we got scheduled a show here in Mission,TX for monday! We were so mad because it ruined our plans of what we wanted to do. AH-HA!! Commit your plans to the Lord, Surrender, remember that part?!? So we were like Ok, God's got something for this. HE SURE DID!! We are in an awesome hotel that we got pretty cheap with lots of fun things to do this weekend, then we got some awesome hotels on our back to Cali starting Monday and plus..instead of not getting paid wed, thurs, fri...we get paid!!! So Everyone, please, I'm still learning at this, and I guarantee I will fail again, but the Lord is faithful!! So faithful! When we commit ourselves to the Lord, everything works out! Maybe not in the way we want it to, but in the end, its like, WHOA! better than what I had plan! The Lord knows what He is doing, folks! Trust Him!! I"m so blessed to be serving such an amazing God! How He lets me commit myself to Him and He will take care of me! He wants to give us good things, guys! He really does want to bless us, and sometimes we are too stubborn, too picky and we don't know whats good for us! Trust because He loves!!