Our God, Almighty, is a God of Everything. He is One of power. A God that chooses to use His power for our good if we believe in Him. A God that never fails in love or His promises.
This week I felt like I was missing something...I couldn't figure it out. I would wake up at the crack of dawn for no apparent reason and start talking to God or reading the Bible. I received amazing blessings each and everyday so much that I started to see a trend. But yet, I was missing a feeling inside. A feeling of unshakable joy. But after today, I think I realized that I was just too busy in my mind to just focus. I wasn't too busy "doing things" but busy "thinking things". I couldn't focus this week and that was my problem. I was thinking about friends and changes in my life and big decisions. I wasn't disconnected with God, but I was disconnected with who I was in God. My friend who lives in Indiana now also felt the same way. After his description of his world spinning, it dawned on me that my world was spinning but not in an uncontrollable way, rather I just wasn't able to focus. I wasn't able to truly take in what God had in store for me because I was focused on earthly things. But I know and have known all along that NOTHING could ever take His place. NOTHING could ever supply me more joy. NOTHING could ever instill dreams and make them come alive, even myself no matter how hard I tried. It is so hard to explain because people say that you don't always get a feeling when you spend time with God or you are doing what He wants you to do, but I do. That is how I know when it is missing.
I encourage you to pay attention to that inner feeling. I encourage you to pursue Him all the more. Find the feeling of contentment, peace, and sometimes a subtle or loud voice from within. It's there. In fact the book I am reading now explains that everyone should be able to hear the voice of God. It should be normal. But, when we aren't focused enough we can miss it.
God never left me this week. That is a thing I was sure about, but I had covered that inner feeling with worldly feelings and I focused too much on a typical teenage life. I am not typical. I am not just ordinary. No teenager has to be ordinary because of this one thing: With a sincere focus, the natural people ( us) + the Super (God) = Supernatural.
Focus. That's what it takes. Focus on the goal.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. " Hebrews 12:1-3
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