Back to the Future

"The future....I'm gonna need to check this out Doc," Marty said to Doc Brown in one of my favorite movies trilogies of all time, Back to the Future. The future is scary, especially when we start to see it unfold. I don't know about you, but when God begins to pull back the curtain to show me how His plans for my life will unfold, I get a little nervous. Well, really nervous...FINE, downright SCARED! All types of feelings well up inside of me. Insecurity and unworthiness, sprinkled with a dash of the devil's attacks that are quick to say, "You have sinned WAY too much for God to use you!" Sometimes it makes me wish I could be Marty McFly so I could just jump in my DeLorean time machine to escape.

Isn't that what the devil wants us to do? Run away! Escape! Go back! All of these strategies are used to render God's plans ineffective. Not ineffective because Satan can stop God, but ineffective because we're too scared to let God use us. But God keeps reminding me of something. He knows the plans He has for me, plans to prosper me and not to harm me. He plans to give me hope and a future! Oh yeah, and since I love and trust in God, He is working for my good because I am called according to His purpose.

So, whenever you find yourself feeling like you are not good enough for God to use you. Or, whenever you feel like filling up Mr. Fusion with garbage so that you can reach the necessary 1.21 gigowatts to travel through time, just remember, God put you right where He wants you to be. He blesses your future...so go check it out Marty!

Josh