I don't know about you, but I find it sooooo hard to wait on anything, especially on God. It was only a few weeks ago that I was begging for relief from some things that are going on in my life. God's answer was "wait". :I DON'T WANT TOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" was my answer. aaarrrrgggghhhh!!! *sigh* I'm only posting part of my devotional today because this is the part that struck me most.
If you’re seeking God’s direction in your life, take a page from the life of Joseph and David. Commit your heart and your life to patiently waiting on God. Be obedient to what He has called you to do right now, and do it with excellence. Learn to be content while waiting on God to change your present circumstances. Ask God to show you the lessons He wants to teach you in order to be ready to assume the next position He is preparing you for. Do not run ahead of the Lord. Hurry is the death of trust.
Dear Lord, I long to know Your will for my life. Help me to be content right where You have placed me and teach me the lessons I must learn before receiving the next position You are preparing for me, In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Reflections:
Are you doing your job with excellence everyday as you wait on the Lord to show you His plans for your life?
Check your attitude. Are you waiting on God with patience and obedience?
Power Verses:
Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (NIV)
Psalm 40:1-5, “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.” (NIV)
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Good post. I'm sure our situations are different but I always like to remind God(and myself)and thank him that He's the One that's created and given me these good desires for change and He knows these desires better then I'd like to think I know them.
Like Phil. 4:6; Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD.
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