One of the hardest things to do is to pray and wait on God to act. When faced with a difficult decision, a challenging circumstance, a despairing heart -- it seems God is never in a hurry to make everything better for us. That's because we look at things through the faulty lens of our human eyes, forgetting that God is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to his power at work within us (Ephesians 3:20).
Today I found myself despairing over things I cannot control and wondering if there is anything God would have me do differently than I am already doing. As I sit here thinking about it all, I wonder why I spend so much time fretting about these things when I know that God is quite capable of handling it all. No matter the scenarios that I play in my mind, only one thing ultimately matters to me -- being in God's will, even if at the moment it is a difficult place to be.
Friends, when will we ever learn that God is good, his ways are higher than our ways, and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9)? When will we learn that today has enough trouble of its own so we best not be anxious about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34)? Will we ever trust that God's plan for us is a good plan, one to prosper and not harm us, to give us a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11)?
No matter how difficult things may seem, or how long the wait, may we learn to trust in the LORD with all our hearts rather than lean on our own understanding. And may we trust him to keep his promise that if we acknowledge him in all our ways he will make straight our paths (Proverbs 3:5-6).
I don't know what you may be dealing with right now but I do know that God cares deeply about you and the pain you bear in your body, heart, and soul. He cares about your grief, as surely as he cares about mine. This life is not all there is, and if you are his child, you already know that there is coming a day when "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away" (Revelation 21:4, ESV).
When you lay your head on your pillow tonight, thank God for his blessings. God knows the way that you take and when he has tested you, you will come forth as gold (Job 23:10).
May we sleep in heavenly peace because God himself is our peace (Ephesians 2:14).
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