You're Really Not In This Alone

Have you ever felt like you don't fit in? We all do now and then. There are many reasons we might feel that way. Maybe you don't feel like you are a part of the "it" crowd. At work, at church, maybe even in your own family. You feel like you aren't smart enough, not good enough. You feel inferior. Philippians 4:19 promises that "God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus." We've all heard this verse, and most of us can quote it, but what does it mean? Here is what I believe. If I were to ask you what the most important words in Philippians 4:19 are, what would you say? Would you say God? Meet needs? Riches? Glory? All good choices. But I believe that the most important words are "according to." Why? Well think about it. I have heard "out of" substituted for "according to." In other words it would read, "God will meet all your needs out of the riches...

Have you ever felt like a failure? Like you are not good enough? Like your life is so messed up that there is no way God could use you? Don't worry, youre not alone. Remember that the Bible tells us that " ...all have sinned and fall short of the golry of God ." (Rom 3:23) And truely All means ALL. You know that person that you look at and think "Man, they really have it all together." They're just as messed up as you are. Maybe not in the same way, maybe not at the same moment. But everyone, from time to time, is just as messed up. Think about this? Jonah : Ran from God when God told him what he needed to do. Jonah literally told God "NO," he wasn't going to Nineveh David : Killed Goliath...Great king...Wrote the Psalms...David had a dude put in a position to be killed because he wanted the man's wife. Rahab : was a prostitute The Woman at the Well : She had issues Moses : Stuttered and NEVER felt like he was good enough. P...