This life isn’t about your goals.
It is about His plans.
It isn’t about what you can accomplish, but what He can accomplish through you.
It isn’t about how much you are able to gain, but about what He gave up for you.
Daughter,
I don’t tell you this to keep you from dreaming, or to discourage you from pursuing your passions. But so that someday if your life doesn’t look the way you planned, if the audience you wanted isn’t there, if the door you’ve been banging on doesn’t open, you remember that God is for you.
And that it is His plans you should lean into.
Scripture says, “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you [eternally], plans to give you hope [everlasting], plans to give you a future [with Him].”
Rick Warren once said, “You were made by God, for God. And until you understand that your life will never make sense.”
So daughter, hear those messages: that you are strong, that you are beautiful, that you are worthy, that you matter.
But hear them humble, from the whisper of a God who treasures YOU more than all the riches that may come from being whatever you want.
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This article originally appeared at An Ordinary Adventure, published with permission.
