We’ve heard that all good things come to those who wait. But you’ve been waiting for SO LONG. Maybe you’re always on the lookout for the man of your dreams. Maybe you aspire to write a novel or buy a farm or start a family or find that perfect job. Maybe you think you will never be happy until you reach that number on the scale until you finally buy the latest iPhone or until you swim with dolphins in Cancún.
You think your life will never be complete until you have xyz.
Let me tell you: there’s not a penny-pinch of truth in that lie.
Maybe you feel miserable with where you are right now. You find yourself longing for something more. You wonder if God sees your aching heart, you wonder if He hears your prayers, you tell Him that if He would only make His will clearer, you would gladly follow Him to the ends of the earth.
You’re not alone.
Abraham grew restless as decades passed without any sign of his promised son. Hannah wept her heart out, pleading with the Lord for a child. God’s people waited centuries for the birth of their hoped-for Messiah.
Maybe you aren’t sure if your throbbing desire is even what God wants for your life. Is it a sinful fancy that clings to you, or is it a whisper of God’s calling? It grips your heart so fiercely that sometimes you have no idea what to do. Do you try to kill it, or do you listen to it?
Maybe you are confident that this is God’s will for your future, but your dream has been shoved to the backburner for now. It eats away at you. You’re scared it’ll forever be unsatisfied.
This is not what you might want to hear…but we won’t get all the answers.
God wants us to trust Him.
That’s all He requires of us, to lay down our cares like wilting flowers at His feet, to sling our brick-heavy backpacks to the ground, to open our hands and to love Him for who He is and what He has done.
To give up trying and to start abiding.
To embrace the here-and-now instead of wishing you were somewhere else.
To redeem the time because there is no better moment to stand up for the truth than RIGHT NOW.
You can find joy where you are if you allow Christ to fill your cup.
He is the only one who can satisfy your yearning soul. Why?
Because He is your Savior.
His life-giving fountain of grace is all you need.
“Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” ~ Psalm 25:5
Step by step, we follow His lead. We can’t see the end, but that doesn’t matter because all we see is Him, His goodness, and His glory. The more we root ourselves in Him, the more we blossom.
"Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." ~ Psalm 37:4
God will make all your dreams come true—only once your desires align with His. When your joy springs solely from Him, your heart will find its happily ever after.
May He show us more of Himself each and every day.
