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When God revealed to me the man He promised me, I had expected us to be together immediately. I thought for the last three years, “When me and him finally meet, we’re going to recognize each other and be together right away.” That didn’t happen. Week one, I just watched him a lot, wondering what he knew. Week two or three maybe, frustration settled in and I wondered why he wasn’t coming after me. After a couple months, I was trying to make things go my way. This situation didn’t meet my expectations, and I wanted to change it. God obviously wasn’t hearing my demands, this guy was obviously not aware of my existence (even though in the back of my mind I knew that I had known him for over a year and he wasn’t going to suddenly forget me) and so on and so forth. Either way, things weren’t going MY way, so something was wrong, right? No, in reality, nothing was wrong. I just didn’t want to wait on God. I wasn’t waiting on God in the first place. Even recently, I thought I had stopped trying to control this situation, when in reality I had just changed my strategy, and I didn’t even notice until someone pointed it out to me. God has convicted me of not trusting Him in this either. God cannot lie, meaning if He promises us something, He must fulfill it. However, God does not exist for us. We exist for God and His glory. His glory and His holiness are above everything else, so while we might not understand everything that happens in our lives, it all points towards His glory, and “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28). Sometimes there are people in our life we expect to be there forever, but then they suddenly stop talking to us, or they leave town, or all of a sudden they die. Jake Kalicki was one of those people I expected to always be there. Ms. Sam, my youth leader from my old church, suddenly died this week, and I have no idea how. One of my best online friends blocked me all of a sudden, and though I eventually realized I had deserved it for how I had been treating her, it still leaves a burn mark on my heart. We look to God and say, “What do you expect me to do with this?” when in reality it’s God saying, “Trust me. You can expect of me to do something good with this.” While we may wish and dream everything in life would go our way, I can tell you right now expecting that is completely useless. Things will never go exactly our way. Sometimes I can pray to God for something, and I’ll have it immediately, before I even finish asking for it. Sometimes I pray for something, and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Eventually, He does answer it and give to me whatever I asked for, just not when I had wanted Him to. God knows what’s best, which includes knowing when the perfect timing for something is. Maybe I want this relationship right now, and God wants it in 6 months. I could live the next 6 months frustrated, saying, “God, I expected more of you!” (Basically saying I expect God to live for me and my purposes instead of His) or I could have peace about it and say, “God, I have no idea when this is going to happen, but I trust You. And I expect You to make it happen in Your perfect timing, in Your perfect way, and do whatever You want to do with this situation so that it brings You glory.” I know God will do what He says, He has to. Maybe it won’t be when I want it, but it’ll happen. The Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years, my cousin had a 4% chance of living when he had leukemia as a baby and he is still here, alive and well. My Great Aunt has had pneumonia probably 9 or 10 times, and has holes in her lungs, but guess who’s at her own house looking great and gardening every day? God does some absolutely amazing things, and deserves all the glory for it. Okay, maybe the Cubs winning isn’t exactly godly, but what I’m saying is expect great things from God, always, even if you don’t know for sure how something will turn out. There will be sorrows in this life, He has promised us that, but expect Him to be there for you and with you in every life event, whether dark and sad or light and happy. God’s right here, and you can expect Him to be with you any day, anytime, anywhere, in any situation, always.
God bless you, you are LOVED!!
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Melody C.God has given me the natural talent as a writer. I felt Him encourage me in the direction of using my natural skill in writing for Him, instead of investing in skills that were basically going to waste. I have been writing my whole life. I love to answer questions, give advice, and share experiences. I hope you enjoy it, and I pray that God speaks through me and to you. If there are ever any typos, please ignore them. They will be fixed as soon as I notice them. Archives
February 2019
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