And I have come to learn that instant gratification is not always the best gratification.īut the reality is that I am ignorant about much of what is happening. I can be much more patient about the future. After all, two years is only three percent of my life. Waiting a few years for something is no longer that hard to grasp. Next Christmas was so far away as to be meaningless.īut now, at 68 years old, I have a longer view of time. A year into the future seemed like an eternity away. I did not really understand having to wait very long for something. At six years old, I only had a couple of years that I could remember.Īnd that dramatically impacted my concept of time. I can recall, as a young child, having a very limited perspective on time. One thing to bear in mind when we are considering God’s timing is that his view of time is much greater than ours. And how we should respond when it seems God is responding too slowly. This article will look at why God’s timing is not ours. Those times when God’s timing does not seem to line up with our own timing. I suspect most of us have struggled with questions like these at some point in our lives. But for now I will continue to press in to Him, waiting for His response.Have you ever been frustrated because your life seemed to be on hold? That things are not working out in your life according to your schedule? Or that God really needed to step into something that is happening and fix it? So what’s next on my journey? Only time (God’s time of course) and continual prayer will tell. God doesn’t work on our time and this is one of the hardest things to fully grasp. Being able to identify your questions will make it easier to find the answers you’re looking for as well. It’s amazing what you find out about how you truly feel when you actually have to confess what your thinking on paper. A verse i’ve read a thousand times, now has new meaning. I love how when I’m intently searching for answer, His words come alive and hit me like a ton of bricks.
You are asking God to reveal His plan through His word. But I first have to prepare my heart to receive it. God will give me direction through His word. But after I open my heart, I must listen. Pray. Pray that God opens my eyes and heart to hear what He is telling me to do.So, what do I do when I get to this point? How can I figure out that weapon God wants me to answer the questions I have and find my path in life? I have to remind myself to: I can’t continue to do the same things I’m doing now and gain a new perspective or gain relief from the current pains. I want relief and clarity and I know straight won’t give me those things. That place where you have a decision to make because God doesn’t give us the option to keep going straight (even though it looks like the faster way to get to your destination). This place in our journey, where we come to that famous fork. Just when I think I know the direction and path to take, I get a ping on my GPS asking, “We have found a faster route.
Hearing the voice of God and his direction in any situation is tough. I refuse to believe God when he tells me my worth sometimes. I’m sure I’ve missed plenty of opportunities to be blessed by God but instead I turned away and ran because of my insecurities and doubts. You know sometimes as I look at Goliath and think about just how large of a man he was, I wonder why God has so much faith in our abilities to see the potential he has placed in us to go through with the battle and not just turn and run in the other direction. I’m in the battlefield facing Goliath but I forgot my rocks and I’m not sure what weapon God equipped me with to slay this giant beast. You continually ask God, “Are we about done yet? I don’t know how much more I can take.” This is my life at the present moment. But sometimes those tests feel like they are never ending.
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