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JUST THE WAY GOD WANTS IT

 Have you ever felt like you are not good enough for that area of specialty? Like you do not measure up to the standards that society or even your own family and friends have prescribed? It is easy to fall into this trap of self-doubt and self-criticism, and it may seldomly be difficult to escape from it.


But what if I told you that you do not have to measure up to anyone's standards? That you are perfect just the way God made you? Will this satiate your reasonability? It is true that the society in which we live in have their own standards and may desire certain expectation from us but when God is on our side, those expectations will be whittled down from our thoughts. God created you in His perfection and nothing can outwit his majestic creation lodged in you. He has made you the exact way He wants you to be and by trusting in him dependently, your strengths will obviously be renewed effortlessly as all your weaknesses becomes infinitesimal, a perfection of His glory in your life.


In Psalms  139:14, it is written "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well". God created you with a purpose in mind. He has a plan for your life, and He knows exactly what you need to fulfill that plan. This purpose of his can only be fulfilled if you surrender your life to his LORDSHIP. You may want to understand this as doing everything right just as he dictates. By this I mean believing that God knows what He is doing.


In Jeremiah 29:11, the Holy Bible says, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end". So, if you are feeling like you can do better than the expectations of your profession, remember that the image of God can project a better personality in you, exactly the way He wants you to be. You are fearfully and wonderfully made, forged with His agility to make that very thought of Peace of His into an expected end in your life.


Embrace Him as your LORD if you have not done so and watch your strengths bloom at his Bosom while your weaknesses fizzle away. It is indeed a very exhilarating experience, calling upon the name of the LORD JESUS. Be sure to receive forgiveness, when you ask of him. Your sins will be driven into the sea of God's forgetfulness. As you trust that God will use every opportunity you give to him for His glory, be rest assured that your life will never remain the same again. Don't compare yourself to others or try to meet their ungodly expectations. Instead, focus on living out God's plan for your life and being God's best version of yourself that you can ever be.


In the end, it's not about what others think of you or even what you think of yourself but what God thinks about you and his love for you will rekindle every smile along the way.


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