Every
life is a chapter in God’s ongoing story.
He never tires of reading the stories we write each day we live. I’ve got to believe that so many of our
stories must bring tears to His eyes as he thinks about the cruel things we say
and do to one another. Yet He records
our lifetime experience, each life a book that has the potential to become a
bestseller in God’s eyes.
Revelation
12:11 says: They
triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of
their testimony.
It’s important that we recognize the power in telling our stories. Once you tell what you saw God do in your
life to someone else, you have received it deeper into your truest
reality. We do overcome by the power of
telling our story. Telling our experience
in walking with God to another person solidifies what you believe about your
experience.
Many
avoid telling their stories because of the way they have seen others rejected
for speaking about God’s movement in their lives. I am only responsible for the stories I tell
about how I see God in my life. I do
feel uncomfortable when listening to some who speak boldly about God and what
He has told them to think, feel or do about thee; yet their bold statements
sound contrary to the God of the Bible.
There should be a healthy doubt and humility of your experience of God
most especially when it is about ideas of grandeur for yourself and vengeance
on people you do not like. That
is not likely to be a story about God.
I love to
hear people tell their stories. I love
to hear the unique and special ways that God moves into each one of our
lives. Our stories are as unique as our
fingerprints. Though God’s ways are the
same—we come to Him through acknowledging our sin and helplessness and belief
that Jesus alone can somehow (we don’t have to understand the intricacies of
how) make all things right between God and ourselves. That is our story. Each day has a story of the battle between
our flesh and our spirit. You may not
realize it but you have a story to tell at the end of each day about how you overcame
the enemy of your soul or how you gave in to him.
It will
do us well to pay attention to the story we are writing by the decisions we
make each day. Our story is being
written whether we are aware of it or not.
How do we think about God this Monday?
How do our lives write out His glory in ordinary ways? Whose story intertwines with yours in a
surprising way today? How have you
received new meaning about God as you looked into the sky or pondered a blade
of grass? These stories are good reading
for God. He loves to watch your life and
see your victories. He plants little
remedies for your distant soul throughout your day today. When you find and drink them (hopefully
teatimeforyoursoul.com is one of your antidotes today), you have another
paragraph or chapter to the story of God’s love for you.
Be aware
of opportunities to tell your story.
Don’t impose on others; perhaps you should wait to be asked. Maybe in the wait you can ask others about
their stories. This might prompt them to
desire to hear your story.
Look at
your life as one long, interesting story.
It will not be a page-turner for the average mind, but the mind of God
longs to see your story intertwine with the meaning and purpose He offers. He reads your story with strong interest and,
though your story might hurt, anger, or sadden Him, He will keep on reading,
keep on hoping, keep on praying that you will find the meaning of your life
story and live it out with awareness that He is your co-author and that His
ideas are best!
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