You're Not Being Replaced

"Find hope in new horizons. Be kind to yourself as you wrestle with what it means to begin again."

-Morgan Harper Nichols

Isn't it crazy how seemingly fast everything can change from your former normal?

In this life, we experience seasons of change. Most of the time, change requires us to leave our comfort and transition into the unknown.

It can be

scary,

exciting,

intimidating,

or all of the above.

I have been so reflective lately on why we think that when we move into something new, we become replaced in what we just left.

Someone else just took "my spot."

It's so easy for us to have a mindset that our identity is found in what we do or what position/titles we hold. Our we hindering ourselves when we sit in that mindset?

I believe that the answer is 100% yes. I have had to walk away from so many positions where I felt as though no one could take my place... well, because it's "mine." Our identity is found in who He says we are, not in what we do or what titles we hold.

When the Lord blesses us with a spot, position, title, etc., it does not belong to us. We are simply stewards of everything that the Lord gives us- nothing in this worlds belongs to us. Leadership is not meant to be narrowed down to what we own.

Newsflash: It's not about us.

When I left the only life I ever knew to move to college- a life full of unknowns- I was sad to step out of different positions I held. However, the Lord has been teaching me that nothing I have is actually mine- I am a steward, and you are, too.

The moment I came to college, I started to have feelings of jealously when I saw other people stepping into positions that were once mine - or so I thought. It turned into a rooted bitterness. Seeing people succeed in “my” positions only made me unhappy.

The Lord had to work on my heart of what real stewardship looks like.

It looks like humility.

It looks like grace.

It looks like trust.

It’s such an honor for the Creator of the universe to give us things such as leadership positions to steward.

He is trusting us to lead well in humility and grace.

When it’s time to leave, we must trust that He will fill the position with the next right person.

Being an RA has been one of the greatest things I’ve ever gotten to do. I genuinely love what I am able to do, but I know that I won’t be here forever. In fact, my first semester as an RA is now over. This means that I only get one more semester as the RA for G3. Past Sarah would’ve been in pre-mourning over the position I will soon be losing, but instead I feel so full. I am so thankful for this position that the Lord has entrusted me with. I have not been perfect, or done everything exactly right, but I have grasped that I am only a steward of this RA position. I know that once May comes around, I will have to give my incredible girls back up to the Lord and trust that He will fill my room on this hall with the exact person that my girls need in the next season to come.

We are only stewards of what we are given. You have to ask yourself how you will steward what is given to you. Consider it a great honor to be trusted with what the Lord has blessed you with.

Always remember, that it was never about us in the first place-

It’s about Him.