Surrender to the cocoon

Here's a quote for today:

"Whatever else is going on in your life, God always has his eye on your transformation.

This is good news, by the way. All of the other things we long for in life--love and friendship, freedom and wholeness, clarity of purpose, all the joy we long for--it all depends on our restoration [read: holiness, sanctification, redemption, the Kingdom of God within you (all words for the same thing)]. You can't find or keep good friends while you are still an irritating person to be around. And there is no way love can flourish while you are still controlling. You can't find your real purpose in life while you're still slavishly serving other people's expectations of you. You can't find peace while you're ruled by fear. You can't enjoy what you have while you're ruled by fear. You can't enjoy what you have while you're envying what the other guy has. On and on it goes."

Friends, I've been spending the last two weeks in this book and I love this quote by John Eldredge in his book, Walking with God. The whole book has gems of wisdom surrounded by lots and lots of ordinary life. But, that's what we need, right? How do we, like Brother Lawrence, in Practice the Presence of God while we do the dishes. I admit between filling the dishwasher over and over, I haven't figured that out yet.

God knows who we were meant to be. God knows who we can be! What joy! He is the Kingdom Dream-Keeper, the Creator and ReCreator, the Holy Editor, the Lover of our Souls. We can trust that He has our best interest at heart...He is good. All the time.

We just need to ask God to form within us a teachable heart.

Future butterflies, don't be afraid to climb into that cocoon and give God the authority over your life to recreate you.