My life verse and the progression of it

This is kinda a weird post if you ask me but it's something that struck me as intresting last night so i figured, "hey it's my blog i can do what i want" so here goes.

You may or may not have ever heard someone talk about their "life" verse before, i tend to interchange that with one's favorate verse. But i began thinking a couple weeks ago about what could my life verse be? i was looking for something that defined what christ has done for me or something that would show the faith i have in Him.

So as i began to think about what this verse has been in my life i realised that it has changed over time as i have grown in Christ. When i first accepted Christ i clung to Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" i'm not really sure why. Maybe because i had just realised that i was a sinner and i needed that assurance that others have sinned too. that i wasn't the only one who had done things wrong that in fact all had sinned, except Jesus Christ of course. Then, while still very young in the faith, i began to feel sort of a call on my life to the ministry and thats when God put 1 Timothy 4:12 in my path "let no one despise you for your youth but set an example to believers in speech, life, love, faith, and in purity" and looking back i suggest that God put that verse in my life to take away any negetive thoughts i may have had about that calling because i'm sure my first thoughts were, although i can't remember exactly, something like this "but God i'm too young to do any work in the church"

As i got more learned in the faith and more understanding of God's call in my life i think thats when the tone of these verses turned from favorate verse to life verse. and that shift happened when i began to meditate on Romans 8:28 "and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him." i mean now that i was sure of God's call i needed that assurance of, "hey, things are gonna happen in ur life, and have happened, that will be tough to handle, but God is in control" just sitting here looking back i call more clearly see how God had his hand on my life even before i was a christian.

And up until a week ago i was sure Romans 8:28 was it for me, but now i have a new verse im meditating over more and more, and i believe it's because im in a new stage of my walk with christ. Philippians 3:8 "Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpasing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have sffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that i may gain Christ" This verse shows where i want to be. Early in my walk i was looking towards the past trying get comfort about the things i had done and the way i lived before christ, but im past that now and feel more a burden for the future. this verse describes what i'm looking for in life, what im pursueing in life above all things.

I hope u were encouraged by this, the character of God i want to convey to you is this; God's faithfulness. Through my life good and bad, easy and hard, righteous and unrighteous, God has been there and will be there tomorrow, He is never changing, and he has a plan for your life. "For i know the plans i have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" Jer. 29:11 Jesus is our hope.

Timbizzle

"Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpasing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the los of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that i may gain Christ" Phil. 3:8