Life comes at you quick. I can not believe how fast life is flying by at the present. I have spent the last few months thinking about the last four years; getting to know my soon-to-be wife, living in one of the greatest cities in the United States, being a student at a world renowned bible college, serving at a great church, being drawn into a deeper relationship with God. I can't tell you how blessed I have been through these last few years. God has been working in so many significant ways as I have gone through my life here at MBI. All I can say is that I owe everything to Him.
I've learned three things while I've been here:
1. Put God first and do everything you can to stay connected to Him - Even before coming to Moody I have known this. But, it has been proven ever true as I walked through this part of my life. When I put God first, my life looked and felt vastly for the better than when I didn't. When I didn't strive for connecting with God daily I got tripped up. When I fell to my knees daily, God kept me steady. Humbly call out to Him and believe.
2. Trust God and His word no matter what - Life can throw you curve ball after curve ball (is that a bad thing? I don't know baseball) and scripture says consider it pure joy when you face trials (See James 1). God is working things out, and if you love and trust Him, He is working things out for your good (See Romans 8).
3. Pour everything you have into relationships - No matter who comes across your path, spend quality time with them and build them up. I've never been the best at this, but I am beginning to understand what it really means when God calls us to love and serve one another (See Galatians 5). It is even harder to think about to what extent we are called to love.... as Christ has loved us (See Ephesians 5), loving those who hate you (See Matthew 5)... It seems impossible, but through Christ all things are possible (See Philippians 4). If we are to love our enemies, those who hate us, enough to die for them, how much easier should it be for us to love and pure everything we have into the people that we hold most dear. So many times we find ourselves mistreating people that we care about for selfish reasons. I pray that we all would have the Spirit to help us love others more than ourselves.
I hope to continue to learn these things as I continue on to the next part of my life. I know we will always be learning these things. Over and over again. God leads us. We have to follow.
