Today, while teaching my wonderful 8th grade boys, one of them gave me a Happy St. Patrick's Day treat. It was tightly wrapped in aluminum foil, and as I struggled to open this gift, I looked up to find a classroom of boys with their hands in the air wiggling their fingers in anticipation. Don't ask me why they did that. I have no idea. Yet, I ended up with a Wonka chocolate bar and the chance to win a golden ticket and a trip around the world.
I always wish I could win something like a golden ticket. Really. Can you imagine what it would be like to actually have a golden ticket in your candy bar and be able to experience the prize of a "Trip Around the World"?
Yet, as I was reading my devotion, I realized I have been given a golden ticket: God's will. (Cheese face here, but really). Sometimes, God's will is just a subject I don't really care for. I mean, I know it is true and good and will make my life more amazing than I could imagine, but sometimes it feels so hard to know what it is and even more hard to stay in it and trust it.
My hope is that I really seek out God's will and believe in it because in all honesty, His will is safe and brings fulfillment. Sometimes it is hard to follow his will - we will have trouble and it will be uncomfortable to be stretched and challenged, but we will receive a golden ticket, a promise. I'm pretty sure that there may even be some angels with their hands in the air, waving in excitement for us as well.
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