the story so far...

an addendum…

I wanted to make sure that I made myself clear in regards to the last post. In no way was I trying to whine about my personal situation or that I really should just “give up” on relationships. I wanted to get across the fact that it’s all about God’s will for our lives, not ours.

Relating to this topic was the sermon Sunday at Apex. Ever since I’ve gone back, I have enjoyed every sermon and know that every sermon comes from Almighty God and His word. That said, Rob preached on waiting and the passages was from James 5:7-12.

This whole sermon brought to light how I was going about my own waiting process. Right now, I’m waiting to meet my future wife, waiting for a better job, waiting for a time when I will be financially secure, waiting for alot of temporary things. And that’s all they really are: temporary. There is one other thing that I am waiting on and that’s eternity.

The issue here is that when we go through life, how do we wait for the things that are temporary? If we are talking about me, then probably not so great. Right now, it would be awesome if I could find the right girl and get married and all that jazz, but I need to learn patience and wait on God. Same goes for anything else I’m waiting on.

One interesting thing that was said on Sunday was in concern to things we wait for. The question was asked that if the spouse, job, healing didn’t come, would we be ok with that? It’s a question with an easy answer; except for too many, it’s something we don’t want to hear. But it is a very valid question because everything that happens is within God’s will and for God’s glory.

And waiting doesn’t mean God isn’t working. Again, we don’t see everything that is going on. We don’t see the big picture behind a tough situation that we are in. We can’t see the outcome, so we hate waiting through the ‘in-between periods.’ The waiting times. We need to learn to trust in God in all things, believe in His will, and we’ll get through the times where we wait.

And all of this comes back to His will. His will is all that should matter to us as Christians. He will work with us in His time, not ours. And He will use us for His glory.

So, brothers and sisters, look to God in all things, and follow His commands. He will lead us, and at times, make us wait to show us our faults and sins we might not be aware of and allow us to grow in Him.