This last week the daily devo readings that I have been doing with my youth group was about worry. The idea that we get so many things in the way of focusing on who God is and what he is about that we become frightened about the future and what will happen in certain situations or relationships. During our discussion last night someone brought up a good point. Isn’t worrying really that we get so caught up in ourselves that we forget who God is. God is all powerful and mighty and formed the the planets at a spoken word. And yet we often feel like he is distant and doesn’t care.

This idea of worry could not have come at a better time, because it has been on my mind recently. I have been wondering if God could pick anything for me to be doing right now would he have me be doing this. With friends and family all over the place, is there some where that I would feel more at peace, more at home, just somewhere I would feel more…

Then I realized that anything else for me right now would be too easy. Now I am sure that you are thinking, “Aaron, don’t you want to have an easy job?” In almost every situation I would say yes. But following Christ is not easy, serving him is not easy, and doing his will is not easy. I feel that God is calling me to the difficult, to the time consuming and the stressful. If I feel like I should be off somewhere else traveling the world, it’s because my heart is longing to be home, with my creator.

I do hope that I never get too comfortable with what I do, to the point where when I feel God leading me that I can’t move. But right now I need to become more comfortable with casting my worries and anxieties on Him.

“So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.  Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” 1 Peter 5:6-7

Peace