My choice has been made...NOW WHAT?!

[peteey]

A year ago I told my close college friend we could rent a place together for a year, since I had no plans and all...so I moved six hours away from my home city...and rented a place. Our lease is up in May, and I have decided, with much praying and such, to move back to the area from which I originally hailed from.
Now during this time, we had some rought moments and trying situations. I found a job, that really isn't the best job, but it gave me some experience and guidence as what to do with the rest of my life.
After all of this praying and such for the past few months...I decided to move back...and I was all excited at first. Things happened to work out...I have a part time job lined up until I find a full time job, someone offered me a place to rent, and I got accepted into some of the schools I applied at. (I already have a four year degree, but my job now, made me realize I wouuld like to get into design, and after talking to some designers, it was obvious I needed some more education...)
So I was all excited....but a month has gone by now, and for some reason I am second guessing my decision! WHY AM I DOING THIS? for something I wanted so badly...and finally got an answer full of relief when I made it, and now I am second guessing....
Is this God telling me, or am I freaking out that something good might actually be happening in my life?

See when I had the chance a year ago to either move where I am now, or wherE I will move in a month, I was extremely nervous to move there, which is why I choose where I am now....but now I am moving to where I feel I should be...but I am getting extremely nervous and anxious about and being doubtful that this is the right thing to do.

Why am I freaking out? I can't figure it out at all...I keep having doubts in my head that it's going to be awful.... I need some kind of advice or guidence...it is driving me up the wall. I obviously can't stop thinking about it...is this the devil putting doubts in my head? I am praying, but it is really hard....

 

[humblegyrl]

I can tell you that I always get nervous when changes are about to take place. Don't worry. Things will be fine. You just have to dive in the deep end. You make choices and deal with what comes next. I am confident that God will lead you through great moments of joy and even some down time, but don't fear! Remember, use your talents for God. That's a step towards proper stewardship! =)

 

[Andry]

William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, made this phenomenal statement: ‘It is impossible to change the future, without disturbing the present.’

Our lives are an interactive storybook. It presents us with a series of scenarios which we must make significant choices. And if you don’t make the choices that bring change, you stay on the same page of the book. Some of us keep staying on the same page of the book; so the story doesn’t move on.

So the reason most of us don’t see our future changed is because we don’t want to see our present disturbed. So nothing changes.

But if you understand the purposes of God, He did not come to take crises out of our lives, He came to put crises into our lives. Because there is a process that comes with crises. Crises causes reaction. Reaction leads to decision. And decision produces choice. And choices change the course of your life. But without the crises the chances are you will never come to the choice. Now most of us have never made a significant choice in a time we were not in crises. Think about it.

So my 0.02 as to what you're doing....it's excellent you've made choices, it's excellent you've done it with 'keeping God in mind', because that'll change your future. And I believe if you'll step out in faith on some of the things that may seem uncomfortable to you right now, God's grace and mercy will keep you steadfast.

 

[peteey]

William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, made this phenomenal statement: ‘It is impossible to change the future, without disturbing the present.’

Our lives are an interactive storybook. It presents us with a series of scenarios which we must make significant choices. And if you don’t make the choices that bring change, you stay on the same page of the book. Some of us keep staying on the same page of the book; so the story doesn’t move on.

So the reason most of us don’t see our future changed is because we don’t want to see our present disturbed. So nothing changes.

But if you understand the purposes of God, He did not come to take crises out of our lives, He came to put crises into our lives. Because there is a process that comes with crises. Crises causes reaction. Reaction leads to decision. And decision produces choice. And choices change the course of your life. But without the crises the chances are you will never come to the choice. Now most of us have never made a significant choice in a time we were not in crises. Think about it.

So my 0.02 as to what you're doing....it's excellent you've made choices, it's excellent you've done it with 'keeping God in mind', because that'll change your future. And I believe if you'll step out in faith on some of the things that may seem uncomfortable to you right now, God's grace and mercy will keep you steadfast.

wow that makes so much sense, as does the post from humblegyrl....I think I was freaking out and forgetting to see it that way. I was trusting up to the point of making the decision, and then when that was done I just through all reasoning out the window and started freaking out. It is some major big decisions though, but I have faith, I'm a little scared....
Is there any good scripture I can memorize to keep me calm?

 

[Andry]

When the Children of Israel were about to cross the Jordan to enter into the land of their inheritance, the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant had to get their feet wet for a little while. They went and stood in the Jordan, but as their feet went into the Jordan the water stopped flowing - here's the key..... in Adam, which was about 15 miles away.

Now even if the Jordan was flowing at 15 miles per hour, it means that the priests had to stand in the water for one whole hour!!....But the Jordan was flowing much less than that, so can you imagine the priest who was at the front - he would be in much deeper water than the priest who was carrying the Ark at the rear - what he may have been thinking and wondering?

- I thought God said....the water was suppose to stop!
- The water ain't stopping...and I'm getting cold!!
- Did God say we should be doing this? Did we hear correctly?
- I think this is a mistake, we've been standing now for over an hour...and nothing's happening? I don't see anything happening, in fact, it's miserable!

What you need to realize is getting cold feet is not a negative. And we sometimes think, ‘I started to get cold feet about that.’ And we start questioning whether we heard from God or following God in the first place. No, all it means is you stood in the river Jordan waiting for the water to stop. There’s where you’re suppose to be; you’re suppose to get cold feet about some of the things God is telling you to do. Cause you’re standing in the water and telling that river, ‘You’ve got to stop because we’re going into the land.’ Don’t let it freak you out that you’re getting cold feet.

Here are a couple of Scriptures that come to mind when I'm facing uncertainty (although there are much more of course):

".... nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke 10:19

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all." Psalm34:19