Thursday, September 30, 2010

Does God have a calendar?

"Alright Lord, do you realize that time is getting short before we pack up our stuff and head for Cheyenne.  You still have not pointed me in the direction of a job, I would prefer that we had our own place.  Maybe I should take over because, Lord, you must not have got your calendar from the bank this year."

His timing definately is not our own.  I am a planner.  I want everything in line, set up, and ready to go before I do ANYTHING.  If I don't, then nothing will go right, right?  I watch the date of our move draw close and yet everything seems a little to calm.  I look at posted jobs but yet don't feel a overwhelming draw to it and it doesn't feel "right".  Can't really look for a place of our own cause we have no idea how much money I will be making and when I will start working.  Even with all this unsuredness going on I still know we are suppose to go.  I think that is how I know this is Gods plan and not ours because it goes against everything that I am.  I takes me OUT of my comfort zone not put me IN it.  When I stop long enough I can see all that is being done to prepare us to go.  I guess I expected walls, walls that would test my faith during this whole process.  We have had a few but just as quickly as they arrived, God knocks them down.  He hasn't even let them last long enough to discourage me.  He knows me so well,  and he loves me so much.  He knows how much I long to serve him and be in his will.  He knows how I long to put my foot in the Jordan, but he also knows how hard it is.  He loves me so much that while things may come up that can make me run, he won't let them stick around because he is my helper.  He wants me to feel peaceful and assured.  Yes, life still goes on and things will arise that make all of us want to go back to what is comfortable but yet he promises that if we just hold on he WILL clear the path to his will for us.  Some paths are more rocky than others.  Some have bolders and some just pebbles but all rocks can stumble us on our journey.  Can get in our shoes and make the journey quite painful but then he will pick us up and carry us to ease the pain and difficulty.  I am discovering that since I have made this choice to be obedient I can see him working in places I have never noticed before.  He walks in FRONT of me on the path and kicks the pebbles and stones out of my way.

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