You can’t move forward
by chosen to dwell on the past. God has your life in his hands so trust him.
This doesn’t mean that it will be easy. This doesn’t mean it won’t hurt
sometimes. This doesn’t even mean that you won’t have days that you break down
only to question why. But KNOW that because of him. It is working out for your
good. I am nothing without him, but I am everything with him. It is working out
for you! Sometimes I have to give myself pep talks like this to simply remember
and encourage myself.
I was listening to
Proverbs 31 ministries one day on the radio before work. The message the young
woman gave empowered me. It was just what I needed that second in time. She said, “Every period of life we seem to be
waiting on something. When you were in high school you were ready to graduate,
after college you were ready to start your career, when you were single then
you were ready to be married, when you get married then you are ready to have
children, and then once you have them then you are ready for them to get out.
We must be content in whatever season we are in and cherish what God has given
us.”
In this life, I often
wonder why things work out the way that they do. Why is that I have chosen to
do it right, but it seems like those who cheat their way through stay ahead?
Why do many of the things I do seem to go unnoticed? But I never want to
develop the spirit of entitlement. I am not entitled to anything, but God has
given me grace and for that I am grateful. So we must remember that we have got
to truly believe it before we see it.
We must practice
patience. Patience seems to be a hard concept for many to grasp. I have even
struggled with patience myself. I have often wanted to jump to things
prematurely. But even the right thing can be the wrong thing prematurely. I remember
having a talk with one of my friends. She describes patience as a young child
who wants a candy bar. I was like girl… what do you mean? She says, “A child
who wants a candy bar has no patience. They are jumping up and down like crazy saying
I want it. Give it to me now! And you as the adult are saying not until you sit
down and are still. That is how we often are girl. We are anxious and jumping
up and down when in reality God is saying sit down somewhere. I will not give
it to you until you sit down and be still. We have got to learn how to step
back and watch God work.” I really had to stop and think.
Psalm 27:14
Wait
for the Lord; be strong and take heart
And
wait for the Lord
Wait
so you told me to wait twice. It is funny how everyone has a problem to the solution.
Girl, I would have done this or dude I
would have said this. You are crazy. But God simply tells me to wait, be strong, and
take heart.
So
even if God doesn’t give it to me then I am grateful anyway. Even if it doesn’t
work out in the timing or place that I think it should then I know he has it.
Even if it seems like everyone who is doing wrong is blessed all around me. I
must choose to trust that God’s timing is perfect just for me and that the
process is working out for my good.
It is all just a
process. God will bless you with the right thing, in the right season, if you continue
to do the right things, and it will be at the right time.
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