What’s Your Story?

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith… Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV)

What kind of books do you enjoy reading? Thrillers, romance, fantasy, historical fiction, cosy-crime mysteries? I read across many genres but what I really like is a book I can’t put down – one that keeps me turning the page late into the night. More often than not, that happens because of a strong main character, someone I’m rooting for throughout the story.

Have you ever looked at someone and thought, ‘What’s your story?’ Other people’s lives can fascinate us, to the point of maybe even reading their autobiography. All of us have a story, but it is not written by us. We are not the authors of our own tales, frantically scribbling out plot twists and hoping for a happy ending. No – God writes the story of our lives. As Hebrews 12 reminds us, He is the author and finisher of our faith. He is the one that perfects our story. From first breath to last, chapter by chapter, scene by scene, our story is being written by the hand of God.

We are the main protagonist, the central character that everything else revolves around. God chose the role that we play and He is rooting for us from beginning to end. He knows our strengths and weaknesses, our hopes and fears, and He is crafting a narrative that will ultimately display His glory through our lives.

But we are not alone on these pages. If you know me and spend time with me in any way, then you are one of the characters in my story. God has written you in, which also means that I have been written into yours. We are interconnected, our storylines weaving together in ways we may not fully understand until we look back at the twist and turns and see the arc of His grace running through every page. No-one is in our story by accident, for the master storyteller has carefully placed each character for a purpose.

You may not know what is coming in the next scene of your story, but you can trust the Author, and He is writing something far better that you could ever draft on your own. Look at all the various people around you – none of them are insignificant, they’re simply part of the plot that God is unfolding in your amazing story.

Trust the Author. Love the characters He has placed with you. Live each scene for the glory of God.