Are you a Lord of the Rings fanatic just like me? Do you remember that scene in The Two Towers where Aragorn is combating the battle within himself on what he should do and where he should go? He ends up falling asleep in the midst of his confusion and he has a dream that takes him to his love & comfort-Arwen.
Aragorn: You told me once, this day would come
Arwen: This is not the end. It is the beginning. You must go with Frodo. That is your path
Aragorn: My path is hidden from me
Arwen: It is already laid before your feet, you cannot falter now
Aragorn: Arwen
Arwen: If you trust nothing else, trust this. Trust us
{taken from http://www.lovelylivtyler.com/specials/lotr/elvishlines.html}
As humorous as it may seem I was actually trying to find this quote in the Bible! Ha! "My path is hidden from me..." that is how I feel about now. With so much to decide currently, I'm like Aragorn-Should I stay or should I go?
Another king that was questioning which path he should take was a king by the name of David. King David was first seen in 1 Samuel 16 as a shepherd boy. He is also famously known as the young boy who shot three stones into the giant Goliath, the lustful king who saw another man's wife bathing & took her to be his wife; as well as, the father of the wisest man who ever lived-Solomon, who is part of Jesus's lineage.
Many times David is recorded praying, analyzing, stressing over his path:
"Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long." -Psalm 25:4-5
"How can a young person stay on the path of purity?By living according to your word." -Psalm 119:9
"Direct me in the path of your commands,
for there I find delight." -Psalm 119:35
Like the soon to be king Aragorn and King David, I am praying...pleading...begging with God to show me my path: WHERE DO I BELONG! WHERE AM TO GO?! SHOW ME! LEAD ME!
I was brought to Matthew 20, as I like to label "the Want Chapter.” I've probably blogged about this passage before or at least mentioned it, so needless to say I've read it a lot. So when I was brought to it again I tried my best to find something I hadn't noticed before. This is what I jotted down:
What do you want? $ or position? [Matthew 6:24]
In the middle of people saying what they wanted Jesus predicts his death.
"Can't I do what I want?..."-said the landowner/God
You may not always be able to change your pay, but you can change your position
... correction, your attitude about your position [Galatians 5: 22-23]
Because God is in control of both pay and position
Summary: You fool...you toil over what you yourself are not over. Do you not know it is God who feeds the sparrows & dresses the fields? How much more will He then care for you? Your payment is in Christ. Your position is in Christ. [Matthew 10: 29-30, Matthew 6: 25-34]
Based off that I was then faced with asking....and what does that have to do with me?... hahaha
So I re-examined what my position in Christ was.
Why? Because to know who I am, I need to know Him, because I am in Him.
However, I still had more questions...because with walking with the Lord since I was 12 years old I knew who I was but I couldn't connect how that helped me with my current issues:
"How does this take me to where I need to go?"
"How does who I am answer where I am?...Does it?"
Does identity=destination?
This was my answer-Colossians 3
“For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
(Kind of reminded me of my previous blog And God said, "Stay Here")
Okay, so my identity is Christ. Where Christ is there I am.
I had this really awesome experience last week where I got to share the Gospel with the children I nanny for. It was glorious.
It all started because the one asked,
"Why did they put Jesus on the cross?"
So we talked about sin, the punishment that we deserved,
God's great love, His sacrifice,
and His triumph over death.
After which one proceeded to ask,
"Where is Jesus now?"
That one was the hardest for me to explain.
I said, "well, He is in heaven.
But if you believe and accept what He did for you,
His Spirit is in you & He is everywhere."
- Is His Spirit in you today?
- Where is the Spirit leading you?
- Who is the Spirit directing you to be?
- Do you feel like you have no path to follow? Or are you questioning the path already laid out for you?
- Why are you faltering?
Currently I am faced with moving or staying. Changing jobs and possibly becoming "management" or quitting a my job of almost 3 years. Do I follow the path that is more prosperous money wise or more comfortable and compatible with school?
Who you are is taking you somewhere; where are you going?
