So a month or so ago Pastor Freddie Haynes came to preach for a college night revival. I was at a particularly low point in my physics journey. In general studying physics has been quite the roller coaster ride for me with many downs and ups and under-side twirls. Although I had homework and could have been studying, I went to hear Pastor Haynes, praying that God would use him to provide me with words of inspiration.
Before the service I wrote in my notebook these words describing how I felt:
*Tired
*Ready to quit
*Something I'm not good at
*When will I get good
*Wondering if physics was indeed my purpose
*Set-back after set-back
*Fraud
*When will I see change
Now the title of Pastor Haynes' sermon: "Lessons Learned from Shattered Dreams"
Phillipians 4:10-20
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
~Langston Hughes
Pastor Haynes said that we must hold on to our dreams, even though we're broken, crushed, and shattered. Because we serve a God that turns disappointment into divine appointment. It is only at the end of our rope that we find God. Building on the the fact that the revival was for college students, he made three main points.
Psychology 101-God doesn't have to take you out of what you're in, He'll get in it with you. It's not what's happening to you it's what's happening in you. We must learn to be content. To be content means to be independent of circumstances.
Economics 1302-Just when you're about to give up, God will give you unexpected blessings from unexpected sources.
Theology 510-When your dreams are shattered and just when you're about to give up God will give you everything you need. For all of life's demands, you'll have sufficient supply. God will supply ALL your needs.
It's amazing. I felt that God was speaking directly to me. It again confirmed that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, physics. And while I don't where physics will lead me, I'm content to be in God's will.
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