Lately I feel like that's all I do...wait.
I'm 20. I've been out of High School for 2 years...I'm working towards a Bachelors degree, and I'm preparing for a future that I used to think I had planned...but daily I am reminded that surely that isn't the case. I'm waiting on a future I have NO idea about what it entails, who it entails, and a timeframe that it will follow...Only my creator knows that.
If we knew all the plans, we wouldn't need to trust, or have faith, or even seek our Creator. There wouldn't be any point, we would have all the answers. I constantly feel like I want answers...but I know that I don't need all the answers right this second.
Lamentations 3:24-26
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
The Lord is my inheritance.
The Lord is my inheritance.
THE LORD IS MY INHERITANCE!
Maybe if I repeat it enough I'll begin to not only know this but to actually believe this.
Isaiah 40:31
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
I've blogged about this verse before...God is my constant renewing strength.
Psalm 16:11
11 You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Waiting on me means directing your attenton to Me in hopeful anticipation of what I will do. It entails trusting Me with every fiber of your being, instead of trying to figure things out yourself. Waiting on Me is the way I designed you to live: all day, every day, I created you to stay conscious of Me as you go about your daily dutes. I have promised many blessings to those who wait on Me: renewed strength, liveing above one's circumstances, resurgence of hope, awareness of My continual Presence. Waiting on Me enables you to glorify Me by living in deep dependence on Me, ready to do My will. It also helps you to enjoy Me: in My presence is fullness of Joy.
-Jesus
I think that says it all. Waiting on a future that you're unsure of is basically dependence on the one who is sure. And there are two ways you can wait. You can wait, trying to control every detail and hope for the outcome you want, or you can wait and trust every detail with the one who wrote your story before time. HE has a plan, an awesome plan full of abundance and blessings. A plan that exceeds any want or need. A plan that is specifically designed to suit every single one of us. My God doesn't make robots or copies, he creates individuals each with their own story.
To anyone who reads this, I pray that you would realize how important you are to your creator and how loved you are by the one who sacrificed it all for you.
I ask that you would pray for me, as I try to again relinquish control and trust my Jesus. He has THE plan, so why don't we make an effort to trust it, and quit wasting time worrying about our own.
