Grand Coincidences

Funny how my daily devotions have been following my mood. Today, I was given a fairwell party at the clinic Iw as rotation through- they were a great group. I also had an interview with the director of a program called Iceaxemen. It is an after school program for high school students to get them outdoors. It also provides a positive environment for kids to grow and be safe. Side note, it is also missionally grounded.
Anyways, this is my reading for the morning.
Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, "Look to Me, and be saved..." The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart and body are focused on Jesus Christ. "Look to Me..."
Many of us have a mental picture of what a Christian should be, and looking at this image in other Christians' lives becomes a hindrance to our focusing on God. This is not salvation- it is not simple enough. He says, in effect, "Look to Me and you are saved," not "You will be saved someday." We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, "Look to Me and be saved..." Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God.
Wake yourself up and look to God. Build your hope on Him. No matter how many things seem to be pressing in on you, be determined to push them aside and look to Him. "Look to Me.." Salvation is yours the moment you look.

This is funny because I have been really anxious and indecisive about the future lately. I have this back up life planned, if I don't get a job and one if I do. Also, i have been super blessed this last week with too many coincidences to have it be just a good week. Simple, God is good.
Back to my future plan/ back-up plans.
First, if I get a job in Eugene or surrounding area, I will most likely become really involved with the iceaxemen program, first baptist church, and missions in town/ abroad and buy a car. However, if this is not the case, my plan gets more ambiguous. I might do language school in Mexico/ Bolivia, commit to a long term mission in Bolivia, try to find a medical/ mission related venue, or work for a traveling tech agency or peace core.

Thanks for the reminder God, Liz and Joe to be part of the moment and stop trying to think so far ahead.