Posted on February 21, 2010 - by Mary

You Were Created for this Exact Time and Place

At church today, I attended both services because I’m learning how to run overheads using ProPresenter…which I love to do…and attending both services really helps the message to sink in. If I don’t attend both services, then I take notes, which also helps the message to sink in. And I can’t take notes when I run overheads because I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the overheads. ANYWAY…

Our Pastor has been talking about our amazing God for the last 6 weeks, and starting this week, our entire church will be studying the “Experiencing God” book. Today’s message was about how God is Omnipresent…meaning He is everywhere all the time. That fascinates me. When I think about how big the universe is, and that God is present everywhere all the time in the universe, how BIG He really is. Actually He is bigger than that, bigger than I can imagine.

One of the scriptures that really stuck out in my mind is Acts 17:26 – “From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.” How amazing is that??? It just goes to show God is in control. He created YOU for this exact time and place!

I sometimes wonder if I would have made different choices throughout my life, how my life would look today. One day, Jeff, my husband, and I were talking about what if we would have met years earlier, like in high school, if we would have hooked up then and if I would have had his children. My comment was, “my children would look a lot different than they do now.” But, I think things are just as they are supposed to be.

I haven’t always let God be the Director of my life. I made some really poor choices and decisions when I was growing up, and if I would have made different ones, I know my life would look, probably a lot different than it does now. But, as Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”. So, I know that things are the way they are today for me because God has “worked everything for the good”.

Have you allowed God to be the Director of your life? If not, what’s stopping you? Why wouldn’t you allow the Creator of the Universe, the One and Only True God, who knows what’s best for you and your life, to be the Director of your life? No, my life is far from perfect, but I know I could not live with God in the center of it.

Well, that’s about it for now. I just wanted to share what was on my heart with you real quick. That scripture really stood out to me today and made me realize I am here at this exact time and this exact place for a very special purpose And so are YOU! So, what are you going to do about it?

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