CONCLUSION: Your Next Faithful Step
CONCLUSION
Your Next Faithful Step
A lot of people have their goals set, especially about their occupation. “I want to be this when I grow up” or “I want to be that . . .” Instead, I try to go with the flow, trusting God. I will be what God wants me to be—in ten years, in twenty years. I don’t want to have a set path for my life, because I know that God may have something different for me. So what do I want to be when I grow up? I just want to be someone who has a relationship with God where I can trust God with anything and everything.
Samuel
Wow, friend, you’ve made it to the close of this guide!
Now the rest of your story begins.
We are so grateful to have been your companions on this part of the journey. And we hope this book can be a resource you circle back through again whenever you need it.
To wrap up, we offer three reminders and a blessing.
First, the reminders. If we had to summarize all that we’ve said about identity, belonging, and purpose, we’d say this:
With all that in mind, figuring out who you are, where you fit, and what to do with your life doesn’t have to be so stressful. Using the tools you’ve picked up along the way in this book, your guiding question can be: What’s my next faithful step?
Yes, we’re ending where we began: with another question.
Your next faithful step might look as simple as calling a friend or as complicated as deciding what to do after high school. Whether you’re wrestling with questions of identity, belonging, or purpose, you can approach your future with confidence, knowing that God’s Spirit goes with you each step of the way.
A Final Blessing
We are leaving you with one final blessing, adapted from Ephesians 3:16–21. (This is definitely a passage we encourage you to find in your own Bible, mark up, screenshot, write out and stick to your wall—whatever helps you see it again and again.) We’ve added language of identity, belonging, and purpose to this blessing.
We can’t think of a more appropriate prayer for you, so imagine us praying it out loud together over you right now.
May God strengthen you in your identity from the riches of God’s glory through the Holy Spirit.
May Christ live in your heart through faith.
As a result of having strong roots in love, may you have the power to grasp love’s width and length, height and depth, together with all believers—to know that you truly belong.
May you know the love of Christ that is beyond knowledge so that you will be filled entirely with the fullness of God.
Glory to God, who gives us purpose and who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by the Spirit’s power at work within us. Glory to God in the church and in Christ Jesus for all generations, forever and always!
Amen.