How To Do Your Best And Trust God

Last time I talked about a letter I wrote three years ago to my present-day self.

In my letter I reminded myself that life’s about bringing glory to God and pointing people to Jesus. Today’s question: How do we do that? How do we tame the chaos, quiet the clatter, and actually DO SOMETHING within the messiness of our day-to-day lives to point folks to Jesus?

God wants us to make the most of the years He gives us. We glorify Him by using the days He gives us as pages on which to write a meaningful, God-sized story. And when you write that sort of story with your life, you’re involved in something that’s too big for you, your resources, your abilities.

You’re out of your comfort zone, beyond your depth, so you do your best and trust Him for the part that’s beyond you.

That kind of story involves three parts.

You need a quest. Call it a dream, a mission, an adventure, or a calling—it’s got to be something you’re passionate about, something that’s bigger than you, and something that serves others.

Visually, I picture it as a hill I can’t climb alone, and I don’t know what’s on the other side.

When I first seriously considered a cross-country ride, I opened a new folder on my computer and named it “Crazy Quest.” Everything dealing with our bike rides and the FREEDOM TOUR lives in that folder eight years later. It’s a constant reminder that this isn’t a job or an obligation. It’s a quest, a crazy, God-sized dream.

You need a community. Your quest has to be an expression of love, because that’s who God is.

God created us for relationship. A meaningful story can’t happen in isolation.

You need hope. The Greek word is elpis, which means expectation, confidence, and trust.

Hope lets you tackle the quest with confidence, knowing God will keep His promises.

Hope doesn’t promise you’ll succeed. It does promise the effort won’t be wasted, that God will use it all for good.

Hope allows you to face fear with confidence because Jesus promises to travel with you.

Hope allows you to do the good you know today (James 4:17) because you’re confident about the future.

The FREEDOM TOUR is my crazy quest. I’m grateful that you’re in the community that’s surrounded us on this amazing adventure.

What’s your quest, your, passion, your calling?

The Journey of Hope Continues.