God Is... Greater

The BIG beginning of any new chapter can be both exciting and fearful at the same time.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

I was sitting in my dorm room listening to my music, looking at pictures of my family and friends, gazing at that room that felt more like a vacation spot than the place that I would grow to love and call home for the next 2 years.

Feelings of fear and anxiety tried to creep in and crowd my already anxious heart and mind.

No matter how excited I had been previous to this moment, no matter how "ready", no matter how prepared I thought that I was -- I was still nerve wreckingly uncertain about this new chapter that I was stepping into.

A million different questions and thoughts were racing through my mind:

Did I make the right choice?

Was this really where God wanted me to be?

What on EARTH was I to do without my parents?

How were my sister and brother going to function without me?

And as frivolous as it may seem now, I was even worried about my dogs.

The more I sat in the silence, the more I worried, and my idle mind was quickly becoming the enemy's playground.

I could feel the fear becoming unbearable and overwhelming, when I felt the most gentle tap on my heart. Holy Spirit was reminding me of everything I needed to be calmed in that moment.

What I was experiencing at that moment was the beginning of everything I had ever prayed for, dreamed about and longed for. God knew that this was where I would be before the beginning of time. I could vividly hear my Aunt, Pastor's and Parents telling me - "You were made for this".

I was MADE for this moment in time. I was MADE to be there, on that campus, with those individuals. Although it did not feel good at that moment, I found such peace in knowing that God knew what he was doing.

I think it was in that particular moment that what I'd been hearing my entire life became real and evident to me.... God was greater.

He was greater than my fear, greater than my anxieties, and great than my greatest worries.

The plan He'd set in motion was far greater than anything that I could have ever hoped for or dreamed of. I began to find comfort in the truth I'd consistently heard in every Bible Study and church service I 'd sat in growing up: His thoughts are higher than mine, His ways are higher than mine. He is GREATER.

Simply put that means this:

He thinks differently than me, and God acts differently than me. More so than that, he thinks higher and acts in a way that I cannot even begin to comprehend. The creator of the Universe, that set the world in motion, also took the time out to write my life. Little ole' me. That thought alone caused my anxious heart to find peace.

The same truth pertains to you and your life.

Whether it be fear or anxiety, whether it be overwhelming excitement or uncontainable joy -- wherever you find yourself on the spectrum of emotions, know that He is there also.

Know that this is the beginning of the greatest days of your life, and that this season, this moment, marks the beginning. And your wildest imagination cannot even compare to the greatness that is about to transpire.

So here's to a time of growth, development, learning and becoming the person who God always intended for you to be. Remember that you being on this earth in this moment is not by chance, and that you were sent to this earth with destiny and a call much greater than you.

This may not be the easiest journey, but I promise that it will be more than worth it.

At times when it feels overwhelming, or maybe like it's a little too much, remember that He is Greater.

And what's coming?

Is far greater than you could ever imagine.