Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
-1 John 5:3-5, New Living Translation
Daughter, do not waste time on the world.
You don’t need to worry about what it thinks,
What it wants.
Do not try to appease it or even defeat it
On your own.
Do not dwell on what it does.
Instead, trust me.
Trust in what I am doing in your heart, your life.
What I have for you is great and will move you
Forward.
But remember that you’re also learning.
And this is what you need to learn today:
I AM sovereign.
Believe it when you speak it.
Believe that no one else has that kind of power
Over who you are
And what you’ll do.
Believe that no one will understand it.
Believe that it doesn’t have to be understood.
It only needs to be believed.
See Exodus 3:13-15; Psalm 32:8-9; Matthew 14:22-31; Luke 24:13-49; John 1:5, 16:33, and 20:19-29; 1 Corinthians 2; Philippians 2:13 and 4:6-7; 1 John 5:3-5
These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.
