Live life as you are assigned.

I am a firm believer that God is in control of our lives even when we don't think so. He can allow things to happen to us both good and bad. God blesses us with the good and will allow bad things to happen to us many times to get our attention back where it belongs....on Him! With that said read this verse:



1 Corinthians 7:17



17 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.



God gives you the parents you have, the family you have, the friends you have, the school you go to, the church you go to, your decision to follow Him, the person you will marry, the job you will have and the list goes on and on. One of they keys to all this is to be in prayer to be on the same page with God. For example God has just the right person in mind for you to marry (if you are to marry). But you can get ahead of God and decide that somebody else is whom you need to marry and thus that marriage will not be all it is supposed to be.



You see God is in control. He knows whats best for us and has a plan for each persons life so it can be lived to the fullest. Of course the first piece of that plan is to become a follower of Jesus. Until that's done the life God has for you can not really begin. After you have given your life to Christ, God expects a life of obedience in all areas of life. So everything we do should be taken before the Lord and we should receive answers before we make decisions. This is how we live a life that God has assigned to us. Too many times though we want to play God with our own lives and when things don't go right we want to blame God. This is our fault not His! Many times what God wants us to do is written in His Word. He has already given us answers to many of the things in life there. The problem there is many don't know what their bible says so how can they obey that?



My friends the ultimate life is to live by God's plan not ours. Peace and joy do not come by our own will but by the will of God. Until we learn this, life can not be lived to he fullest! Remember these words:



Matthew 6:33



33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.



Let God run your life, things are much better that way!



Tom