This may be the absolute hardest part of being a Christian....waiting. The Word tells us in Jeremiah 29:11"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope". That is an amazing promise....but man in the flesh it is not something that comes easy! I've realized rather quickly in the last two years or so that sometimes we get a little ahead of ourselves and we start making our own plans. Sometime those plans do actually line up with God's plans, but because we are human and we live in a "microwave society" that wants everything right away, we get caught up in our own timeline and we want our blessing right now. We have to take a step back and realize that God already has a plan in mind for us to prosper...so we have to trust Him and let it be in His time. I'll give you a pretty cool example that has absolutely rocked me lately.....I had decided that it was best for me to look for a different job, one were I would have more time for Church and more time with my family. After a lot of prayer a job popped up that was going to "check all the boxes" for me. I had a phone interview and a face to face interview and was convinced that I was about to have another job. That's where the problem came in, I was making the plans not God. I started to get frustrated and a little down thinking that things weren't going to happen for me. Then something awesome happened, at my current job we got a new assistant store manager. One day he walked up to me and asked me about my tattoo (2 Corinthians 5:21 "For He made Him who knew no sin, To be sin, So that in Him we may have the righteousness of God"). His response..."oh you are a God guy....that keeps a good balance in your life". This was a huge moment for me, I'm not one to make a big "scene" when it comes to talking about my faith... but that had to change and right at that moment! I simply told him that in my opinion he was wrong with that statement....because when you have God in your life it's not for balance, God gets it all! After a nice long talk (right in the middle of a long shift) he proceeded to tell me all about his upbringing and his experiences with church. Keep in mind I had talked to this man a grand total of about two times. we had an amazing discussion and I think that God needed me to still be working there long enough to have that conversation. You see, if things had happened on my timeline I wouldn't have been able to help him talk through some old issues and plant the seeds necessary to hopefully get him and his family back in church! Sometimes we have to step back and just let God show out on His own. It took a while but I'm now in the middle of my two week notice so that I can go start that new job....God showed out, but it was in His time! Makes me think of yet another amazing song... Take Courage by Kristene DiMarco....
Slow down, take time
Breathe in He said
He'd reveal what's to come
The thoughts in His mind
Always higher than mine
He'll reveal all to come
I know it's easier said than done....I've lived it many times....but we as Christians MUST allow God to work in His time! He will provide for us I'm sure of it! Sometimes we just have to rest in the fact that He is God and we are not....trust because He's in the waiting! As always guys, I love all of you and please feel free to reach out with any prayer requests!
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