I can remember it...sitting in class on Monday morning talking about how awesome your weekend was and how you can't wait for the next Friday to get here because you have some plans in the works. Maybe a night out, movies, sporting event, or staying over at your friend's house. Any of the plans usually involve texting, taking pictures, junk food, facebook, video games, music, and the ever popular 'what to wear' dilemma. (Guys can have this problem too!) Middle and High School, for me, was always Friday to Friday. What happened between wasn't near as important as what happened during. The worst fear for my weekend was sitting at home alone with no plans, being bored. Can you relate?
So why was I so worried about living from Friday to Friday? Because I felt like my life revolved around me, and what was happening right NOW. Planning for the future could wait until later, or when I wasn't so busy 'living up middle/high school'. My problem was that I couldn't wrap my mind around anything further than high school, my goals only reached to graduation and applying to college. I was definitely not thinking about God's will for my life, I was too worried about planning everything out myself and then God could do the rest. Do you have the same problem?
Being completely honest, my biggest regret from school was not reaching out to other students and learning to be selfless so that I could reflect Jesus Christ. Sure I didn't do anything crazy or get into trouble. I made good grades, I went to church on Wednesdays and Sundays and I went to church events but I really wasn't worried about surrendering my plans to God's plans. I had my own calendar and agenda and I asked God for help when I needed him, but I didn't really seek him for what was most important. Jeremiah 29:11, a well known bible verse, says this: "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." God's basically saying, I got this! He knows the plans for your future...it doesn't say he is kinda sorta thinking about them a little bit maybe when He gets the chance. HE KNOWS.
To wrap this up, what I'm trying to say is that living from Friday to Friday only gets you from one set of 7 days to the next and it creates a selfish attitude. God wants you to start thinking about plans for the future, not just "fitting" him into your plans now when you get the chance. God wants you to make him in charge of your plans now AND later. He wants to be a priority and not a possibility. So before you get wrapped up into a life that revolves around what happens from Friday to Friday, lift your focus to a higher place and start living out the life that God has planned for you.
Amy
Fuse Team
