Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Amos 3:3 KJV
I have definitely come by the possession of patience the hard way.
(I inwardly groan at the remembrance.)
It has been utterly excruciating for me to await God’s timing for certain things I long for. But, I have learned, even though it has often been the hard way, that if I wanted the key to walk through destiny’s door? I must do it in God’s time and God’s way.
There is no other way if you want God’s very best for your life.
Easier said than done, right?
When I think of all the times I have run ahead of God!
How many times I have said, “If only I had waited.”
(We all have those memories don’t we?)
Those are times I blush to remember. Times when I have to admit, I really did not want to obey what God was clearly instructing me to do; times when I argued like Perry Mason making my case, and stubbornly dragging my feet.
Yet, in every case where I waited, obeying God no matter how my flesh screamed to the contrary?
Those were the times I was thankful I had listened and obeyed.
Just ask Moses!
Here’s the thing, petulant pouting only causes long delays.
And sometimes, it can even send you on a major detour, depending on just how long it takes you to see things God’s way.
If you don’t? If you decide you’re going to have it your way? Oh, baby! The consequences of those choices can be compared to doing hard time.
(And haven’t we all done that?)
I have to confess, many times I refused to listen and obey God because I thought my way was the best way.
Those were times of very painful lessons.
I remember all the tears I cried–learning to surrender my heart’s plan.
Sure, I cried.
Sometimes I cried buckets of tears!
Yet I learned an important lesson: sometimes the worst thing that can happen is for us to get our own way.
Instead of walking through destiny’s door, we hear the door closing on a prison of our own making.
How thankful I am for the many, many prayers I have prayed to have the wrong things, and God in His mercy said, “No. That’s not my best. Trust My plan. Trust Me.”
I found out in the end, if I trusted in a Love that would never let me go–a Love that could see all the things that I could not–His Love would always get me through every storm; get me to the place that was the best place for me.
When ALL things align.
That is when God’s Living Water flows from our lives enriching the lives of others and glorifying our great God.
Providential alignment is God’s way of doing what’s best. Not just the best for us, but the best for others, and the best for His Kingdom Purposes.
I call it, THE BIG PICTURE.
The eternal picture–the one from Heaven’s view.
I want that.
He is The Way Maker.
Since before time began
no one has ever imagined,
No ear heard, no eye seen, a God like you
who works for those who wait for him.
You meet those who happily do what is right,
who keep a good memory of the way you work. Isaiah 64:4-5 The Message
“…weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalm 30:5
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