Imagine this…papers strewn everywhere, stacks of books, empty coffee cups, and an exhausted college student on the verge of crashing. That has been me for the past few nights. I have 2 exams on Monday, a quiz, and an enormous amount of reading to get done. Suffice it to say, I was incredibly stressed out. I’ve been really struggling with a chemistry class that I am taking and that makes me nervous. Grades are important to me, I want to get into med school eventually! My thoughts tend to jump from one thing to the other. When I think about my grades and school work, I start to think about my future. So, struggling with chemistry turns into never getting a job and living with my parents until I’m 48. Great picture, right?
So, here I am pouring over pages, laboriously working math problems and feeling like I’ll never get everything done when a thought came to me. God is orchestrating my life, there is no need to be this ridiculously stressed out. I mean, really!? More so, in light of eternity, my grades aren’t necessarily that important. I’m not going to be turned away from eternal life because I got a ‘B’! This is not to say that we shouldn’t work hard toward things. I think it is important to diligently work on the tasks we have before us, but to give the glory to God when we do so. With this thought, I will continue to work hard at school, but I will not let the fear of not getting an ‘A’ control my life. I was enslaved by the desire to do well. I’m not saying that desire is in itself bad, but rather the tendency to be overwhelmed with it to a point of losing sight of God.
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.–Colossians 3:2
