I thank God that He has a plan for mylife because without the manual He gave us for living, I would not stand achance. That I cannot survive this life without God. Inmy foolishness, I have often sought out the snare, inviting sure disaster butsaved from the hellish consequences but by the grace of God. At times I felt as though I was simply beingprodded alone, with certain objects in my path to turn me this way, or that way. I think it safe to say that I could not have lived this long had Godnot guided and protected me. I sometimes wonderif the results would have been the same had that thing or person not existed ornot intervened. It almost seems as though some things, andsome people existed only to fulfill God’s purpose for my life. Itcan also mean having to do things that you may find uncomfortable anduntraditional.Day 2: YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENTWhen I reflect back over my life I see an un-mistaking display of divineintervention into all areas of my life. “ Living for God sometimes means doing or saying things that goagainst traditional worldly thinking, and cause people to avoid your friendship. Mark 8:34 says, “If anyonewould come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross andfollow me. I felt that if I was inconveniencedthen it could not be God’s will, or His blessing. Over time I have instinctively learned to filter everythingthrough scripture but it was always referenced to its impact on me, and notnecessarily what was in God’s best interest. We must long to live outside the confines of our carnallives, having in mind the things of God and not the things of man.Through my many times reading the Bible completely through I would each dayhumble myself before God and ask Him to prepare my heart and mind for thereading of His holy word. Our living for God must over-shadowevery aspect of our lives. How we live in the world should be of lessconcern to us than how we live for God. If someone hurt me, Ithought I had a right to hurt back. If life treated me cruel then Ithought I was exempt from having to be kind to others. I have lived most of my life thinking that how my life was affected andimpacted through hardship somehow was the determining factor that defined myrelationship to God and what I did for His kingdom. Thisone sentence has been the most liberating concept that I was finally forced toface up to. Doug WattsMy 40 Day JournalJanuary 2004Day 1: IT ALL STARTS WITH GODYes, Steffen, it’s true that it’s not about me, and that also goes for you too.
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