A few months ago, my sister bought a movie she’d really
wanted to watch. The trailer had piqued our interest, and so had the fact that Fireproof
actress Erin Bethea was in it. When we finally got it, I was excited to watch
it with my sisters.
But I was not prepared for how God
would use it to bless and encourage me!
The movie is called This is Our Time, and I highly recommend it, especially for any young adults out there who are trying to
“decipher God’s will” for them in this crucial and extremely stressful point in
their life.
However, there are a few pivotal scenes that spoke to me more than
others, and over the course of a few blog posts, I would like to share them, and a few others, with
you!
I wanted to share these with you a few months ago, when the
inspiration was still fresh in my heart, but I slacked and let it die. But a
recent conversation with one of my cousins reminded me so much of this
film and the encouragement wrought by it, that I've finally
decided to post these!
With this new school year fully in gear and everyone finally
either back in school or in the swing of homeschooling, I've heard a lot about
the pressure put on seniors (in high school) to suddenly have all these plans
about where they’re going to college, if they’re going to college, what they
want to do, what they think God’s will is for them, and all these pivotal,
intense decisions—suddenly, as soon as you hit 12th grade, you’re
supposed to have the answer to all of these! And then, regardless of what your
passions and desires and even God’s will for your life, are the
expectations put upon us as young people: by our friends, church family,
teachers, peers, and even, our parents! You may not be very sure at all
what God wants you to do, but you certainly know what everyone ELSE
thinks you should be doing!
And that causes stress and no end of pressure. My sister and
her best friend (who are both senior this year) have definitely been
feeling this pressure. But so have I, because of recent developments in my
life, and so is one of my cousins, and we are past the ‘graduation’ phase of
life.
But what if, when searching for God’s voice and will for
this next phase of life, all you hear is “WAIT”??
Then what?
You’re not wrong.
You’re not a failure or a “less-than”.
If
this is you, whatEVER season of life you’re in and no
matter what unfair expectations are being placed upon you, while
everyone else seems to have their act together? YOU DO TOO. Just in a
completely different way than they do. Because God’s will is different for
everybody. And He’s using us all in different ways. Even if that means you
don’t feel used or important, God is still using you! Yes, we must "search" and pray for God's guidance and try to stay close to Him. But just because the answer is "wait" doesn't make you less important or mean you're doing "nothing". :)
God’s will is not limited to a four year college degree;
and
God’s will/timing is not limited to what everybody else thinks you should be doing.
God’s will often looks like nothing you would have chosen for yourself or
expected you would do.
