Your Story, His Glory

What is your story about?

Is it something you’ve asked yourself?

There are some parts of our past that we might feel ashamed of, or that we fear might repeat as we walk toward the future.

But when we walk with Christ, the new things are so much better than the old things.

Look (or BEHOLD in the ancient tongue).

God called a murderer to deliver His people out of Egypt. While Moses killed the Egyptian out of anger, that does not mean it was OK to murder someone.

But God wasn’t interested in Moses’s past. He was interested in a man who He saw as a worthy leader.

When other people saw a coward in Gideon, God saw a tactical war genius. He was called a “mighty man of war.” Someone who could be innovative, even showing us today that it’s all right to make sure we’re hearing from God by using a fleece of our own.

When you walk with Christ, how other people perceive you becomes irrelevant. It’s not that it’s not important to give an example, but rather that people will hate you no matter what you try to do, so we must press on.

I might be peculiar in some ways, but at least I’m free.

But we are supposed to be peculiar. We are supposed to have people ask why we don’t eat pepperoni pizza at a party (I eat it, but beef or turkey).

We become a distinct new creation in Christ when we turn to Him.

He takes all the broken pieces of our lives and makes them into something beautiful, like a Japanese artisan making kintsugi pottery. You can become far more beautiful than you were before the break healed.

Our God is in the business of turning nobodies into somebodies (though thinking more highly of yourself than you ought to is not recommended), making cowards into soldiers, and turning tears into waterfalls of joy.

He creates in us a clean heart, and with that clean heart comes new life.

Your story matters to the King of Kings. People might write you off or say whatever they want (but pay it no mind seeing as you see the path), put you into a box they created, and you might feel invisible.

If even one person is changed by knowing you, or learning from you, that is worth it—seeing as every life is precious to God.

The story doesn’t end with brokenness and heartache. It ends with glory and the man or woman He sees you as.

Your current situation is not the destination of your life.
God promises in the Bible that the latter years of a person’s life are greater than the former years.

Your 40s and beyond are where God seems to do His best work, and sometimes we must wait for things until we are ready for them. He didn’t fulfill Joseph’s dreams until he was 39. Jesus had to wait until He turned 30 to start His public ministry.

The latter years of life are the glory days of life. Everything that came before it can be amazing, but God always seems to work in the times we deem as late.

But God is not late. He is always right, and He is always right on time.

You’re not missing anything; it just might not be your turn yet.

Your story is not over. Keep going and push on.

Blessings and shalom to you.