How to live in God's story not mine?

This afternoon I was pondering this question.

How to live in truth of God and His Story and not my own?

A big reality or circumstance in my life is being on the job search. 

I am tempted to ask what difference does it make that God is with me in my job search?

But I think one way to start reframing my life in God's story is to ask different questions like:

What if I asked what difference does it make that I am in job search and transition when God is with me and I will dwell in the house of the lord forever?

Such a simple change of perspective and yet it changed a lot. 

As I tried to answer that question it was actually a little bit hard to answer really. I mean I thought circumstances still matter they are part of our lives and God's story. But it made my circumstance seem a lot smaller. Because in light of eternity and the creator of the Universe the short season of job searching is really short. Even though job searching seems uncertain and like walking through a tunnel not knowing where the end is it will end. As all things in this life do. I am confident even now God is providing for us and will provide work for me to do in time. And so I act making it my job right now to find a job and yet trusting in God. 

The two verses that really help solidify this in my heart right now are:

Hebrews 13 verse 5

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;

    never will I forsake you.”[a]

Psalm 23 verse 6

6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

In this life I can hold onto the promise and comfort that God is with me and he will never leave or forsake me and that this whole life is short and passing away and I have the hope that I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever!

But sometimes I get wrapped up in my life and my circumstances. But fortunately and strangely my increasing appetite for coffee and lack of any way to make coffee at home has led me to start an almost daily rhythm of walking to a gas station to get coffee. Gas station coffee is the best because I am really in it for the creamer :) haha. But what happens is I walk about 20 minutes and slow down. And sometimes I slow down and pray and that gives me space to connect with my Father and remember these truths. 

Because I need those moments to be still and remember who God is and who I am. 

Psalm 46 verse 10

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth.”

So as my sabbath comes to and end my prayer is I carry these truths with me throughout the week and live by them. This week seems busy and crazy getting ready to move and job searching as hard as I know how in the hope of landing a job in Tucson. And yet God is with me and this is just a moment, a shaping of my character in God's story and I can slow down from time to time and remember God is God and I am his and I will dwell in his house forever! Amen!