Where Do I Begin?

In this week's chapter entitled "Where Do I Begin?, I learned about God's calling for me in my life. First with the story of the man with the marble slab, and the boy. That shows that we have no idea what God has in store for us, it's actually really exciting. I think that this story shows a great example of this. It also speaks a lot about us fearing the voice of God because we are scared to go out of our comfort zone. I think this is true for most people in today's society, and in today's church. People come up with multiple excuses to why they don't want to leave there comfort zone and do God's calling, or they think God has the wrong person for the job. I know when I decided to come to a bible college, I couldn't believe what I was doing. I had planned my life to be an electrician, and suddenly my entire life changed, and so far everything has been working out, so God must be behind this.

I really enjoyed the lesson on prayer, fasting, and meditation. I feel that I lack in doing all of these things often. I feel like since I'm at a Christian college, that I would be praying more, and in some cases I do, but I feel like I'm lacking in that area. I'm often too tired to pray, or I forget to pray before meals. The one thing I have started to pray a lot more for is the small things, things I would have never prayed for before. I have only ever Fasted once, and that was for the wrong reason. Not that it was for a bad reason, but it wasn't for the sake of God, it was more so I could say that I have done a fast. During that fast, we had around 4 bible studies, but nothing too intense. For the most part I really didn't even thing about God at all, I just wanted to have fun. For Meditation I feel that it is something a lot of people miss out on, including me. People lead such busy lifestyles, that there is no time for doing this. I think it should be done every day, for at least a little bit, because when were so busy, we're going to miss what God has to say to us. With these three things in my life, I think that I would be much better off. I really think that Christians today, either don't spend enough time with God, or when they do, they do it for the wrong reasons. Truly, we need these things go grow in our relationship with God, and without them, it's a one way conversation. God gave us life, so why can't we seem to take such a little amount out of it to talk to him, and praise him.