It may seem like the more you seek to know God, the more closely you investigate the things of God, the more extraordinary mysteries you uncover! That in your search for answers you’re only left with more questions. In truth, God and the things of God are mysterious…and yet they are not a mystery! God can be known. The question is… are you willing to search for Him in the Mysterious Things?

We all have a lens through which we see the world, people, relationships, money, time, success, tragedy, school, purpose…everything. Every decision you make, every priority you set, even every dollar you spend is preceded by a particular view of things. So what is the lens through which you see your life? And does that lens provide you with the clarity you desire…the clarity you need?

Because of Jesus we have been given freedom, but what do we do with our freedom? In Galatians chapter 5 Paul urges us to stand firm in our freedom. Why? Because there will be opposition to the freedom that Jesus has purchased for us. But standing firm might just look different than you think.

For freedom Jesus has set you free, but there are still battles to fight. And in the fight against sin there may be not greater struggle then that of comparison. When we measure ourselves up against everyone else we allow insecurity and insignificance to hold us captive. The truth is… freedom does not mean you stop fighting.

There is a massive difference between having freedom and being free! The truth is Jesus has set us free. The question is are we actually living like it’s true? In this first week of the series “Free Indeed” we looked at the truth that Jesus has set us free to love other people. If that’s true, then why can loving others be such a struggle sometimes?

"Through the Lens of Grace"

When faced with the reality of our sin we often attempt to rationalize or justify. Grace however, allows us to stop hiding our struggles and instead expose them. In order that we might see that God really can be trusted to fill the deepest desires of our heart!

Each and every one of us desire to belong somewhere. But there is only one place where that desire can be fully met, and it is found in the beauty and power of the gospel. The fact that God went to great lengths and paid a great price for you to be adopted into His family! To be His child! A child who He deeply loves!

Each and every one of us desire to belong somewhere. To fill that desire we will often search for belonging wherever we think it can be found. But we want you to know, college students, that you do belong somewhere! You Belong to God!

God wants all of your story, to redeem and rescue every part. He wants you to surrender all of your life and get real with Him. That’s what David’s prayer in Psalm 51 reveals to us. God wants your broken and contrite heart. The question is will you give him all of you? Surrender it all and let him write a beautiful story with the pieces. Truth is God writes great stories.

When David wrote a psalm he wrote out of what he knew, what he saw around him. In Psalm 23 he puts words to what he knew from his job as a shepherd and what he knew from his own life. He knew that sheep tend to wander, to be restless, to fear…and he knew he did too. Through this psalm Kalee encourages us to trust and follow our Great Shepherd even though the darkest seasons!