God gives us hopes and dreams to prepare us for the... "ON PURPOSE "things to happen in our lives!
He doesn't usually allow us to see the exact timing of His plan.
Although frustrating, not knowing the exact timing is often what keeps us in the program. There are times when we might give up if we knew how long it was going to take, but when we accept God's timing, we can learn to live in hope and enjoy our lives while God is working out the final destination . We know that God's plan for our lives is good, and when we entrust ourselves to Him, we can experience total peace and happiness.
God wants us to live by discernment—revelation knowledge, not head knowledge.
It's difficult to exercise discernment if you're always trying to figure everything out in the flesh.
. But when you're willing to say, "God, I can't figure this out, so I'm going to trust You to give me revelation that will set me free," then you can be comfortable in spite of not knowing.
Trusting God often requires a comfort in not knowing how God is going to accomplish what needs to be done.
We often say God is never late, but generally He isn't early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives.
I love this scripture... Habakkuk 1:5
"For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told"
WOW, That is so powerful!
God has a plan to work a work in our lives. Something so amazing.
What I am learning is while God is working His work we need to...WAIT WATCH and LISTEN.
We spend a lot of time waiting because change is a process.
Many people want change, but they don't want to go through the waiting process or the change and testing of character.
If we decide to wait God's way, we will learn to become patient and embrace the place. It takes practice, but as we let God help us in each situation, we develop patience, which is one of the most important Christian virtues. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit (see Galatians 5:22). It's developed only under trial, so we must not run from difficult situations. But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing (James 1:4).
The book of Genesis tells the story of Joseph, who waited many years for the fulfillment of the dream God had given him.
He was falsely accused and imprisoned before the time came for him to do what God had shown him he was to do. Exodus 13:17-18 tells us that God led the Israelites the longer, harder way on their journey to the Promised Land because He knew they were not yet ready to go in. There had to be time for their training, and they had to go through some very trying situations.
They wasted a lot of time wondering about God's timing, but God never failed to take care of them and show them what He wanted them to do.
The same is true in our lives. It has been many years after I received my call from God in June 2000 before I began to see bits and pieces of talent and gifts line up with His plans. Still today I am dreaming bigger yet waiting on HIS timing for the bigger plans.
look at the waiting as God's training period!
This time requires us to do what He tells us to do when He tells us to do it...without questioning or trying to figure everything out.
Proverbs 16:9 says, A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.
Proverbs 20:24 Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way?
When God directs our paths, He sometimes leads us in ways that don't make sense, we're not always going to understand everything.
If we try to reason out everything, we will experience struggle, confusion and misery.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
When Dreams develop the desires of your heart begin to manifest— you see your bigger dreams.
Are you frustrated, crying out, "When, God, when?" Then you need to understand that God's timing is often a mystery.
He doesn't do things on our timetable.
His Word promises that He will not be late, not one single day.
"But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day" (Habakkuk 2:3 )
I just love that scripture!
God causes things to happen at exactly the right time!
Your job is not to figure things out but to keep your mind focused that you won't give up until you cross the finish line.
You will then line up with the radical, outrageous blessings of God!
Trusting God brings life
Believing brings rest
OBEDIENCE is the key to keeping the momentum. When God is silent, He is really working in those secret places!
