In my life I have seen God use the most normal things to help me understand the most SUPERNATURAL things! I am a guy that wants to make things happen. This is a pro and a con in my character. If it needs to be done, I will do it and do it now. I don't like to procrastinate. As the comedian said, "get 'er Done"!
Now for the con of this character issue. I find myself getting in front of God. Instead of waiting, being still or being patient, I find myself having to regroup and allow God to be God! Sometimes I will find that the decision that I thought God was showing me was Jeff making a decision for God. My impatience will have me doing "God things" that God hasn't got anything to do with.
I think the lesson that I am trying to convey is simple. Let God be God. Pray about the small as well as the big things that we want to happen and allow the Holy Spirit to show us and verify that it is the decision that God has in mind for us to do.
It seems like I would have figured this out way before I turned 65 but I have a funny feeling that even though I know to do this, I will still try to out run God.
Friends, if your struggling with this issue you're not alone. Patience and being still are two things that we as humans all struggle with on a constant basis or at least from time to time. I find that this flaw in us can show us how much God loves us. He loves us when we are perfectly in line or in a chaotic mess.
Thank you Lord Jesus for being LOVE when we don't deserve to be loved. Mercy and grace abound in him, which gives us all hope as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death!
Amen
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