Adjustment
I'm taking kind of a different approach with this post, more of a personal testimony than a life lesson.
I'm going to start you out in high school.
As I went through high school my Christian faith began to build up and climax like a suspenseful movie. I went to church every Sunday, had Sunday night activities that helped my faith, and I went to a Wednesday night bible study which also helped to make my faith stronger. As college approached I began to get anxious. I was really looking forward to the independence. As my freshman year began, I realized that I needed to find a good church and get involved in some Christian activities. I tired out a couple churches in the area, but I found nothing that moved me or that I liked. Therefore, being Mr. Independent I just decided not to go to church. I also didn't go to any type of mid-week bible study. My faith went from being high to starting to spiral downward at a pretty quick pace. My entire freshmen year I did nothing to change this pattern.
As my sophomore year began, my girlfriend at the time talked me into going to Baptist Student Ministries on Thursday nights. As I began to go I think that it did a lot of good. In getting me back on the right track. As the year continued my faith continued to get stronger. In November, my girlfriend and I broke up. I met some new people and they took me to church with them one Sunday in December and I fell in love with it. My faith continued to be on the slow and steady pace forward. In March, I made another a big step and started having a daily devotional. It did wonders for me. I still wasn't turning everything over to God. On April 27, God got my attention with something as simple as a wiffle ball. This ordinary wiffle ball made me temporarily blind in my left eye. As I sat for two weeks and couldn't do anything I realized that I needed to give everything up to him. I would do what he wanted and not what I wanted. The sad thing is this thought slowly faded away through out the summer.
As my junior year began, I had one thing on my mind to accomplish and that was to get a girlfriend. It wasn't that I should continue to try and grow in my faith, but something as shallow as finding a girlfriend. In September, my roommate, Greg, talked me into going to a college-aged bible study with him. This was a great way to keep my focus on Jesus. I guess I should probably let you know that I one thing I struggle with is spending time daily in prayer and the word, but my daily devotional went from being awesome in the spring to non-existent. So I had the bible study and the church, but no daily walk. My faith continued to improve at a slow pace, even though I didn't have the daily walk. One of the basketball players helped me out a lot with my faith on our road trips.
As January rolled around God was having a lot of things stress me out and for good reason. I turned to him and my faith right now here in March is nearly what it was in high school. My daily devotional is incredible and my Christian walk is going exactly in the direction that it needs to be going.
As I made the transition from high school to college I had to make some adjustments. My mom and dad weren't there anymore to get me to go to church. Bible study was no longer the thing to do on Wednesday nights. I had to rediscover all of this on my own. I had to want to seek him because i wanted to and not because it was just something to do on Sundays and Wednesdays. I had to make the adjustment. In the last 18 months there have been several things that have helped me make those adjustments and several people that have had an effect.
My challenge to you today is will you make the adjustment. Will you seek to find the church that is right for you? Will you find a bible study to attend? Will you say Jesus here I am for whatever you want. Everybody knows that feeling that they have inside. Don't ignore God, but live for him.
I'm going to start you out in high school.
As I went through high school my Christian faith began to build up and climax like a suspenseful movie. I went to church every Sunday, had Sunday night activities that helped my faith, and I went to a Wednesday night bible study which also helped to make my faith stronger. As college approached I began to get anxious. I was really looking forward to the independence. As my freshman year began, I realized that I needed to find a good church and get involved in some Christian activities. I tired out a couple churches in the area, but I found nothing that moved me or that I liked. Therefore, being Mr. Independent I just decided not to go to church. I also didn't go to any type of mid-week bible study. My faith went from being high to starting to spiral downward at a pretty quick pace. My entire freshmen year I did nothing to change this pattern.
As my sophomore year began, my girlfriend at the time talked me into going to Baptist Student Ministries on Thursday nights. As I began to go I think that it did a lot of good. In getting me back on the right track. As the year continued my faith continued to get stronger. In November, my girlfriend and I broke up. I met some new people and they took me to church with them one Sunday in December and I fell in love with it. My faith continued to be on the slow and steady pace forward. In March, I made another a big step and started having a daily devotional. It did wonders for me. I still wasn't turning everything over to God. On April 27, God got my attention with something as simple as a wiffle ball. This ordinary wiffle ball made me temporarily blind in my left eye. As I sat for two weeks and couldn't do anything I realized that I needed to give everything up to him. I would do what he wanted and not what I wanted. The sad thing is this thought slowly faded away through out the summer.
As my junior year began, I had one thing on my mind to accomplish and that was to get a girlfriend. It wasn't that I should continue to try and grow in my faith, but something as shallow as finding a girlfriend. In September, my roommate, Greg, talked me into going to a college-aged bible study with him. This was a great way to keep my focus on Jesus. I guess I should probably let you know that I one thing I struggle with is spending time daily in prayer and the word, but my daily devotional went from being awesome in the spring to non-existent. So I had the bible study and the church, but no daily walk. My faith continued to improve at a slow pace, even though I didn't have the daily walk. One of the basketball players helped me out a lot with my faith on our road trips.
As January rolled around God was having a lot of things stress me out and for good reason. I turned to him and my faith right now here in March is nearly what it was in high school. My daily devotional is incredible and my Christian walk is going exactly in the direction that it needs to be going.
As I made the transition from high school to college I had to make some adjustments. My mom and dad weren't there anymore to get me to go to church. Bible study was no longer the thing to do on Wednesday nights. I had to rediscover all of this on my own. I had to want to seek him because i wanted to and not because it was just something to do on Sundays and Wednesdays. I had to make the adjustment. In the last 18 months there have been several things that have helped me make those adjustments and several people that have had an effect.
My challenge to you today is will you make the adjustment. Will you seek to find the church that is right for you? Will you find a bible study to attend? Will you say Jesus here I am for whatever you want. Everybody knows that feeling that they have inside. Don't ignore God, but live for him.
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