T - Life is Smoother with Jesus
Episode 15 of 30
2018 was a turning point towards the glorious journey!
The year 2018 was a significant year for me. Apart from being selected to serve on the youth executive in my church, I gained admission into nursing school, and a part of me felt fulfilled.
I already had my admission before becoming the youth president, so imagine how that made me feel. For some reason, I will not go deep into my nursing experience as the Lord has not granted me utterance for it. I believe one day, I will have the opportunity to share it for you all to read. (But watch out for the full story…)
Anyways, being a youth president and at the same time a student, felt like the two most difficult tasks of my life. I thought following Jesus passionately would spare me from life struggles and difficulties, but I faced way more challenges than I ever did, even before becoming more devoted to following Christ. I remember while growing up, older adults would talk about their experiences following Christ and how challenging it was because they said YES to following Jesus. I never thought I would have a similar experience because the gospel preached to me was that, come to Jesus, and all sorrows and pain will be gone! Oh boi! It wasn’t for me.
Don't quote me wrong, coming to Jesus will eventually give you a smoother life, but there are certain forces that might want to delay that smoothness. Therefore, you can't just say; I am born again and that settles it. The fact that you got your dream Job or got into a prestigious Uni/school doesn't automatically exclude you from hardship(whether hardship from a particluar subject/course or hardship with those you work with or hardship with your customers).
I had many ups and downs, starting from leading youth like me then, and the amount of enemies I had for little or no reasons. (Leadership at a younger age is not as easy, now that I think of it.) However, the experience of being a youth president brought out potentials that were within and hidden from me. Apart from building my leadership skills, I began to take my prayer life more seriously, and my interest in studying the word of God increased from what it used to be.
I remember vividly in 2019, people began to notice a drastic change in my spiritual attitude and character. (Yes, there are attitudes that are not spiritually sound! You can’t locate those attitudes in those who are ‘genuine’ Christ followers. I became much calmer and started to learn how to be patient. (It’s possible to be a Christian for decades, yet lack spiritual character.) In short, those around me could tell that something was different and that there had been a spiritual change more than what they had seen in me. As for me, I felt I wasn't there yet; I was hungry for the things of God and became open to what God wanted to do in my life.
I remember vividly in 2019, people began to notice a drastic change in my spiritual attitude and character. (Yes, there are attitudes that are not spiritually sound! You can’t locate those attitudes in those who are ‘genuine’ Christ followers. I became much calmer and started to learn how to be patient. (It’s possible to be a Christian for decades, yet lack spiritual character.) In short, those around me could tell that something was different and that there had been a spiritual change more than what they had seen in me. As for me, I felt I wasn't there yet; I was hungry for the things of God and became open to what God wanted to do in my life.
Remember; Life becomes smoother when we stop striving and cooperate with Christ.
In Episode 16, we will dive into deeper matters…
And without me, ye can do nothing..."Nothing" means Nothing. Help us Lord to live a surrendered life
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