it's sunny, I'm wearing pants and a shirt, and I'm cold. srsly, what the fridge?
I've come across a belief in the world, that many people share. I'm not many people, I'd just like to state that.
The belief is that in order to be anything, you have to start at the bottom and work your way up. Well, that doesn't float with me, because I like to live, and me living does not include wasting time 'working my way up'. I'f I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it.
Lets take a few examples.
#1. My first real art classes took place at Biola University, for free.
#2. I should have failed my permit test, but I didn't, because people like me.
#3. My first job wasn't flipping burgers at McDonald's, It was making up games and being a leader. I got paid to do nothing, basically.
#4. Now when I go to camp, I go as a counselor. I was the youngest camp Counselor YFC Spin sumer camp ever had (besides my fellow intern, who's my age).
So here's my belief: You don't HAVE to start at the bottom and work your way up. George Washington didn't do it, he was just a plain badass. Argue with me, I don't care. You'll never hit the 100 if you're shooting at the 50.
Call it overconfidence, say I have high expectations, and you know what? I agree with you. Because the God that takes care of me, is the same God that's holding the whole Universe together. Peter didn't walk on water by 'working his way up', he walked on water by believing he could, by believing in the power of God. What happened when he started doubting? He sank, and Jesus had to come pull his butt out of the water. The faith of a mustard seed can move a mountain, you don't have to move it yourself, you just tell it 'move over there' and it would do so.
So why do we, as Christians, pretend like we have to do all this hard work? Does God not say that even the birds will always be fed, and how much more he would do for us? Your belief in having to do all this hard work in order to be something, comes from a lack of belief itself, and why?
Because you're scared, you're scared it won't happen.
So was Jonah.
- Fear is the greatest thing that we can destroy ourselves with.
- Ernie
...wow. 'like'
ReplyDeleteIt's not fear. You STILL have to do your school work. God won't do it for you.
ReplyDeleteI must disagree with you, although I can understand your mentality (being a young person). For some reason, people think they can skip the in between and go straight to the top and although this can and does happen, the concepts and wisdom you learn in between can be invaluable and hold you together in the future.
ReplyDeleteEven in the Bible Jesus told the disciples to follow him and he would make them fishers of men. They had to have training, observe Jesus and understand what he wanted of them. Ernie, do not be in a rush to get to the top, take your time and learn from those with wisdom and experience. Peter could not have walked on water if he had not already learned some valuable things from Jesus. It is not AZ, it is A through Z. Learn the in between. You sound like a nice young man and I wish you all the best.
for anyone in the same position, try taking a practice permit test over and over before the real thing...thats by far the easiest way to study.
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