Growing up, I remember my English teachers reminding me every year how important context is. To be able to utilize your context clues, to read in context, to understand in context. Now, as a young man well removed from grade school, they were very much so right. Shout out to any of my English/Grammer teachers that might ever stumble upon this by chance, y'all weren't kidding.
Context is probably one of the most pressing themes in my life this past year. Being able to do the aforementioned with context is growing more essential to me each and every day. For instance, reading the Bible in the context in which it was written is probably one of the most important things you can do. But just like our English teachers have always mentioned, you should always be reading any literary piece in context. The Bible is no different. It is important to know the culture at the time, why the book (or epistle) is being written, who it is being written to, etc. Context is knowing why the song Reckless Love is NOT heretical (I have an entire case and point on that but just message me if you genuinely care to hear it).
I say all of this to preface me saying that I am EXTREMELY overwhelmed right now. The blessings that God has given me are honestly beginning to stack up one on top of the other. It's humbling to say that all God could've given me was eternal life and my cup would've been running over then. But now, it's running over in a much bigger cup!
It hasn't quite hit me yet that I'm a homeowner before my 25th birthday. It is beginning to hit me that even though I had no idea of what I wanted to do after college, God had a plan for me the entire time. It has hit me like a truck that I have parents and siblings that love me tremendously and continue to sacrifice for my growth. I have friends that love me well and are seeing to it that I continue to grow in my faith and grow as a man of God.
I can look back and constantly be assured that God's hand has been with me and will continue to be with me in my endeavors. I think about how far He has taken me and what is coming next in this season of my life. I felt I wanted to work so much more and now I am being thrust into a season of busyness that I have been craving for so long.
I hope whoever is reading this wasn't anticipating anything necessarily profound or long, I just had to get something out there and talk about the blessings I have in my life. I could only do that with prefacing with some hot takes as well haha. But I hope you guys are well and whoever is reading this knows that God's plan is greater than the one we can draw up. In life, deferring is one of the hardest things to do, but God has consistently shown that His plan is 100% effective, even if we don't get in on it until the last minute.
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