God is going to do what God is going to do, with or without you.  God will reward us for our participation in His vision for our future...some how, some way.  In the end, I think that’s really the gist of what I read this morning.  Paul wonders through a bit of a restatement of the topics from chapters 1 and 2 here in chapter 3, and I have read it 4-5 times and haven’t really come away with anything to which I feel all that compelled to dive into like I normally do.  These two truths are definitely embedded in this text though, and we see these same ideas scattered across scripture in various places and in various ways.

We don’t know what hangs in the balance when we take a step forward in our faith, when we take God up on His invitation for us to join Him in our journey.  That’s an amazing reality for us.

This morning, I am going to stop early and I am going to pray a little more, a little longer, and I am going to give God the extra time that I haven’t used in writing and journaling.  Perhaps that’s what He wanted from me today.  See you tomorrow.