Trusting in God's Plan No Matter the Season You're In

Y'all!! Today my friend Emily (and future roomie!!) is sharing what God has been doing in her life recently! I met Emily through my freshley small group, and the first time we hung out we immediately bonded over tswift, iced coffee, sweet tea, and fried chicken. I mean how could we have gotten along better?! Emily is one of the kindest people you can meet, and I'm so excited for y'all to be encouraged through her words. This is what God has taught her in this season:

If I am being honest with myself, freshman year has been a really special season of my life, but also a really hard one. I have experienced really high highs and really low lows. I have doubted God’s purpose for me and questioned whether or not I am where I’m supposed to be. I have grown more than ever before, but not without a cost. I really could go on and on, but I’m sure this may be all too familiar and a similar story for many other freshmen or college students.

But, The Lord hasn’t given up on me. Not once. And He has not and will not give up on you either! Through the hard days and moments, God has been endlessly reminding me and proving to me that He wouldn’t give me what I couldn’t handle. And He wouldn’t put me somewhere I wasn’t meant to be for this particular season of life. John 14:1-2 says “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?” Reading this verse was a game-changer for me when I first read it back in September. Jesus is assuring his disciples that his Father’s house has many rooms, and he wouldn’t have told them of their place there unless there was enough room for them. The same thing can be applied to our doubts, insecurities, and questions about where the Lord has placed us. God would not put us somewhere if there wasn’t a specific purpose for it. And that purpose may not be what we want it to be in the slightest. But, God would not put us in His kingdom and in our current situations if it wasn’t because we needed to be there. For a lot of us, definitely including myself, our purpose might not be at all what we envisioned or prayed for. To God, though, it’s exactly what we need. And where we are is exactly where we need to be. And He has not given up on us. The truth is, He simply never will. The Lord would not have made room for us if we weren’t meant to be there and if we weren’t meant to grow and learn from it.

I firmly believe in the truth found in Romans 8:28. “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” I hope that encourages you as much as it encourages me! It’s something that has taught me to love the season of life I’m in, even if it’s hard to see the purpose in it. The good news of this message is that wherever you may be, and whether or not you have peace in where God has put you, He is currently and will forever work for your good, and He will not give you what you can’t handle. I pray we can all find rest in that truth today!