I am running out of space on my laptop so yesterday afternoon - I began the task of cleaning out old files, archiving what I could and deleting the stuff I just don't need anymore. BUT - by doing so, I came across some things from a few years ago - things I have written or copied to keep as a reminder of a difficult season in life.
Our current Rock Group series "Why" fits perfectly with this. God often times is waiting on us to do something. He waits for us to take the first step and does not in anyway put His will on someone who does not want it. He never asked His children to act like robots but to have a relationship with Him and to do our lives with Him. If you are struggling with something today and God seems quiet and still - Ask yourself, What am I supposed to be doing?
Hope it means something to someone today. Enjoy the quick but powerful read....
When God waits
There are a lot of why questions that we lift up to God. Every day people are looking to heaven and crying out in frustration, "Lord, why aren't you doing something about this? Why is this happening to me?" We saturate the airwaves with the why questions of life. I'm convinced that God has one answer for almost every one of those questions. He says, I'm just waiting on you. When Moses and the Israelites stood on the edge of the Red Sea watching the Egyptian army close in on them, they cried out to God in fear. They began praying that God would somehow rescue them. And look what God said: "Tell the people to get moving!" (Exodus 14:15). To paraphrase, "I'm just waiting for you." Too often we spend our days waiting for a miracle. When trouble comes, we cry out to God for help. When things don't move fast enough, we blame God for taking his time. And all the while God is saying to us, I haven't gone anywhere. I'm just waiting on you. And what is it that God is waiting for? Often he is waiting for us to lay aside our own agenda and trust him.…Whenever God waits, he waits for a purpose. And when we finally come to our senses and do the thing that we know he wants us to do, he moves with a vengeance. The Red Sea parts, and things start to happen.
Love you all - time to head to lunch now with "MyKids" and invest in them. Its a special part of my day.... May the Lord be with them today with good decisions, home situations ok and I find "MyKids" happy and healthy.
Peace,
Lon~
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