Why are we such an impatient culture? When we find something that excites our hearts whether its people or an opportunity or starting a new___________. You fill in this blank with just about anything. We imagine it as it ought to be when all the kinks are out and we forget the beauty of learning the ebbs and flows to it. Scripturally, I'm reminded that some of the strategies God employs in times of overcoming weren't necessarily the easiest or conventional. In many cases they weren't instantaneous. Think of Moses and the Israelites, 40 years wandering in the desert. Remember, during that time there were signs and wonders. One of the most impressive was their manna. God provided them with just enough food for the day and He told them specifically not to try to store it up for the next day or the next because He knew in their hearts they wouldn't trust him. Has God ever provided just what you needed for the day? Did it look like what you wanted it to look like? Remember manna was like flakes of food, I don't know about you but after wandering for so long I'd be grumpy, whiny and expecting a steak dinner! This is God for crying out loud! He can do anything and He chooses to give them flakes. Be careful not to overlook your manna because your seeing it through a lens of expectation and dare I say it, entitlement. I know I can be like this more times than I care to admit. I've got this great blessing in front of me, just what I need but it doesn't look like what I want and worse yet I don't trust it will be there tomorrow. So, I take over. I begin to manipulate and control instead of trusting by faith and well...jumping back into the Israelites story....the Lord said don't store up manna lest it will rot! I have sabotaged and made situations in my life much harder for lack of trust, lack of faith, lack of peace. When we try to control and and force experience, we miss out on the gift of learning a graceful flow and rhythm. We dont have to tell the music to play, it just does. The minute we begin trying to play conductor for our lives, we miss out on all the amazing symphonies of love and hope that wait for us.
"It is better to trust and take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in man."
Psalm 118:8
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