Yesterday as I was getting ready for the October 31st
Party outreach at work, God really began to speak to me. I wasn’t really
thinking about anything at that particular moment, I wasn’t focused on what
needed to be done in the next few minutes, or in the next few months. I may
have just had an “empty” thought process at that time which presented perfect
timing for God to drop something on my heart. I immediately felt Him speak to
my Spirit, “Everyone is always in such a hurry to move forward.” Hmmmm….that’s
an interesting sentence to be presented when you’re thinking about absolutely
nothing. I began to dwell on it for some time, and periodically through the
night, and I began to understand what God was saying.
School. When we’re in high school, we can’t wait to graduate and be in college.
We just can’t wait to live on our own, have freedom, and be out of Mom and Dad’s
house. Then we get to college and realize, there’s more school work than there
was in high school, so we can’t wait to graduate college and just be done with
school. Then we graduate college and we can’t wait to be at our dream job. We
can’t wait to be in a relationship, a relationship with the one we’re going to
marry. Then when we’re finally in that relationship, we can’t wait to be
engaged. Then we finally get engaged, and we can’t wait to be married. Then we
get married, and we can’t wait to have kids. Then we have kids, and we can’t
wait to sleep through the night. Then when we finally sleep through the night,
we can’t wait for them to be potty trained, be more independent, be in school
so we can have peace and quiet. Are you catching the drift? It just keeps going
and going, and it never stops. There is always a “then” in life, there’s always
something coming.
being able to fully embrace the season that you are currently in. There is
nothing wrong about being excited about the future, there is nothing wrong
about looking forward to it, or even planning and setting goals to reach
towards. But if that’s what you are constantly focused on, you’re missing what
is happening in the very season you’re in. The thing about life is, you can’t
turn back the clocks of time. Once today passes, you can’t get it back. Once
you exit a season of life and enter a new one, you can’t go back into that
season again. Sure there will be other seasons that are similar, but none that
are exactly the same. Each season is
designed for a specific purpose, and you are supposed to embrace that season
with everything in you until you discover that purpose. If you are
constantly looking for that next season, you will never fully gain from your
current season what was meant for you to gain. Sometimes you won’t even know
why you were in a particular season for so long until you are out of it, but
don’t you want to look back and find comfort and knowing that you embraced that
season and gleaned all you could?
Don’t be in a hurry darling; there is something for you in
every season. God wants to build character in you; God wants to mold you into who you
are destined to be. Don’t rush life along; there is a time for everything. Don’t
be in a hurry to be some where you’re not, things don’t always go well when we
rush. Before you step into the battlefield of life, you have to be prepared –
every season has a season of preparation. Your season won’t be the same as
anyone else’s, it may be longer, it may be shorter, but that doesn’t matter.
What matters is what God is doing in you, and the difference it will make in your
life. Life is about preparation for your God given destiny. Your God given
destiny is huge, greater than you could ever imagine. Don’t rush your heart
little one, don’t force your destiny along. All that He has for you is worth
it. However many long nights, however many lonely days, however many tears,
however many prayers you cried – they will seem nothing in comparison to your
destiny. Embrace your season.
under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A
time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear
down and a time to build up. A time to cry and a time
to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away. A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. A
time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be
quiet and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to
hate. A time for war and a time for peace. What do people really get for all
their hard work? I
have seen the burden God has placed on us all. Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has
planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole
scope of God’s work from beginning to end. So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy
ourselves as long as we can.
beautiful. definitely something I'm constantly having to work at! thanks for sharing this with me today <3