Still Trying To Be The Hero Of Your Story?

Are you still striving to be the Hero of you own story?
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬
In other words, your life is not your own, you belong to God, you are His (Isaiah 43:1)
Holy Spirit brought that question above to mind almost one week to the day before I decided that it was time for me to move on from my current church. Within two days of that, my contract was not renewed at work.Coincidences? I think not!
Now, God does give authority on earth to decide, to choose, to forgive, to loose and bind. But never apart from His character or His love.
“If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.””‭‭John‬ ‭20‬:‭23‬ ‭NASB
“Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” Matthew‬ ‭18‬:‭18‬ ‭NASB
However, when it comes to you personally and your life here on earth, He is necessarily ALWAYS the Hero. Take a moment to think back, in the circumstances of life, whether good or bad, where was God? I don’t mean, “Was God there?” because He most certainly was. What I mean is where can you find Him in the joy, pain, etc…?
Selah…
So, now that you have that picture in your mind, ask yourself why you would ever want to be the Hero of your story? John the Baptist exemplifies this acknowledgement and surrender for us in this…
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭30‬ ‭NASB
John understood he was not, nor could he ever be, the leading man in his own story. He had, as do we all, a very significant supporting role, but we can never be the Hero. Only Jesus can claim that title.
Back to my own circumstances noted above, the enemy was equally as loud in my mind as Holy Spirit. Only in listening, I had to make the distinction and decision of “Who am I going to believe and who am I going to trust?” This time it was easy, but there are times that I’ve tried, almost always unsuccessfully, to take the reins myself. The results of both are as stark as the difference s between the two opposing voices.
In closing, when we try to be the Hero and do life on our own, in our own ways, there is frustration, stress, depression, condemnation, and usually failure. When we surrender our lives and allow Jesus, through Holy Spirit, to use our circumstances for His glory, there is always peace, comfort, confidence, and God’s inexpressible love.
Blessings until next time!