HE Believes in YOU

I have been at Oklahoma State for about three months now. In those three months, God has taught me so much more than I could have ever imagined. He is constantly reminding me of His love for me and is constantly teaching me new lessons. As I sit here and think of all that He has taught me this semester so far, there is one thing that sticks out to me more than any others. This one thing is one simple phrase. He believes in you.

At the beginning of the semester I was feeling so overwhelmed with my classes and basically life in general. Long story short, I felt like I didn't have what it takes to be a P.E. teacher. This was the most frustrating feeling in the world because I knew that God was calling me to be a P.E. teacher. I was so incredibly upset about this. It was in this time of frustration that God revealed one simple sentence to me. "I believe in you." He believes in me. He believes in you.

I can't tell you how much that one simple sentence changed my way of thinking this semester. Even when I doubt myself and think I can't do something, God still believes in me. The God of the universe believes in me. It doesn't matter if other people don't think I can do something. Their opinion doesn't matter, only God's.

There is an old song that comes to mind. It is Aaron Benward's song "He Believes in You." My two favorites parts are below.

"Calm all the whispers in your head, just be still, listen, you will hear, echoing from deep inside, He believes in you and all the dreams you dream of, every hope and prayer you lean on, He will see them through."

"He believes in you no matter how you see yourself, hold on to the unchanging heart of God."

How incredible is that? My God, my Savior, my Father, my Healer, my Friend believes in me. He believes that I have what it takes. He believes in my dreams. He believes in the desires of my heart. He believes in my goals. He believes in me even when I don't. I don't know why I have such a hard time processing this, but I do. I guess it is just that incredible. HE BELIEVES IN ME. and He believes in YOU.

Now when I feel overwhelmed by classes or life and get a feeling that I don't have what it takes to be all that God has called me to be, it's like God whispers "I believe in you" to me at just the right time. Because God believes in me, I'm starting to believe in myself more and more. I'm choosing to believe in what God says and not what others say. I'm choosing to believe that I have what it takes to be all that God has called me to be.

So, for anyone out there who is down and feel like they don't have what it takes, remember this simple statement..."He believes in You."