Wait for the Gold
God's Word is awesome and He will give you a word when you most need it. I am soooooo thankful for that. Some days I have a tendency to grow restless and feel sorry for myself. When a fellow former co-worker made the announcement that they had gotten a job, I got a little depressed. Not that I wish them any ill will, it's just that it didn't seem fair in the scheme of things. I am almost ashamed to admit this but anyway I spent a few days feeling sorry for myself.
Self Pity Land is a tough one to visit, because you come alone and you stay there alone and it grows deeper and takes over your life. You stop enjoying the things you used to enjoy, it smothers you and takes all of your energy. I couldn't stay there long because I had schoolwork to do. I even began to resent going back to school and working so hard. Thats what Self Pity Land does. It makes you think your accomplshments seem small or unimportant. Sometimes you have to shake yourself to get back to reality. One of the things that shook me out of this mode was my sister wanting to throw herself a birthday party. Life is worth celebrating. It may not be like you want, but it beats the alternative.
As I studied for my Sunday school lesson and went to church watching praise God in spite of. There were these two boys who did a mime at church , they were so sincere and did the mime with such purpose. I saw one of the teachers at school who said she was moved to tears because of the beauty of the mime. Those boys warmed my heart, God really used them to warm my heart. On Monday morning I had the TV on turned up and laying in bed listening and there was a woman on James Robinson who was talking about some decision she needed to make and how the Lord spoke to her and said "Do you want to settle for bronze or will you wait for gold". That clicked in my spirit. There are three Medals given at the Olympics bronze third place, silver second place, and gold the top honor.
We you be willing to settle for bronze or will you wait for gold clicked in my spirit. I told the Lord I will wait for gold, His best. Sometimes we get in a hurry and miss out on God's best becuase we get in a hurry. Many years ago I got involved in a relationship that wasn't God's best. It didn't work out and I asked God why didn't work it and He said, That was never meant to be, I let you have it because you wanted it so badly, but it was never my intention for that to work. When God say something like that to you, you just say OK Lord. If I hadn't been so hard-headed about this I could have saved myself a lot of heartache.
Sometimes we learn lessons the hard way. When I got that awesome word from God Monday, I began to rest in Him, He is taking me toward the gold. Later that morning, I got a call involving some training that I need for what I am working on. Later I found out that my degree is well within reach in the next year or so. This is my prayer Lord, don't let me get in such a hurry that I miss Your best for me. I was willing at one time to settle for the bronze, because it was easy and felt comfortable. It was something I knew.
God wants to take us to higher heights and deeper depths and open new doors of opportunity for us. We just have to be open to His leading and willing to go through the process. As God reinvents us for greater service we experience peaks and valleys, but God's voice is what you want to be sensitive to what you want to hear. God has a plan and a purpose for each of us. Gods timing is perfect and sometimes when some one else has a breakthrough we can rejoice with them, when our hasn't come we can rest that it is on the way. God's Word is awesome!!!!
Self Pity Land is a tough one to visit, because you come alone and you stay there alone and it grows deeper and takes over your life. You stop enjoying the things you used to enjoy, it smothers you and takes all of your energy. I couldn't stay there long because I had schoolwork to do. I even began to resent going back to school and working so hard. Thats what Self Pity Land does. It makes you think your accomplshments seem small or unimportant. Sometimes you have to shake yourself to get back to reality. One of the things that shook me out of this mode was my sister wanting to throw herself a birthday party. Life is worth celebrating. It may not be like you want, but it beats the alternative.
As I studied for my Sunday school lesson and went to church watching praise God in spite of. There were these two boys who did a mime at church , they were so sincere and did the mime with such purpose. I saw one of the teachers at school who said she was moved to tears because of the beauty of the mime. Those boys warmed my heart, God really used them to warm my heart. On Monday morning I had the TV on turned up and laying in bed listening and there was a woman on James Robinson who was talking about some decision she needed to make and how the Lord spoke to her and said "Do you want to settle for bronze or will you wait for gold". That clicked in my spirit. There are three Medals given at the Olympics bronze third place, silver second place, and gold the top honor.
We you be willing to settle for bronze or will you wait for gold clicked in my spirit. I told the Lord I will wait for gold, His best. Sometimes we get in a hurry and miss out on God's best becuase we get in a hurry. Many years ago I got involved in a relationship that wasn't God's best. It didn't work out and I asked God why didn't work it and He said, That was never meant to be, I let you have it because you wanted it so badly, but it was never my intention for that to work. When God say something like that to you, you just say OK Lord. If I hadn't been so hard-headed about this I could have saved myself a lot of heartache.
Sometimes we learn lessons the hard way. When I got that awesome word from God Monday, I began to rest in Him, He is taking me toward the gold. Later that morning, I got a call involving some training that I need for what I am working on. Later I found out that my degree is well within reach in the next year or so. This is my prayer Lord, don't let me get in such a hurry that I miss Your best for me. I was willing at one time to settle for the bronze, because it was easy and felt comfortable. It was something I knew.
God wants to take us to higher heights and deeper depths and open new doors of opportunity for us. We just have to be open to His leading and willing to go through the process. As God reinvents us for greater service we experience peaks and valleys, but God's voice is what you want to be sensitive to what you want to hear. God has a plan and a purpose for each of us. Gods timing is perfect and sometimes when some one else has a breakthrough we can rejoice with them, when our hasn't come we can rest that it is on the way. God's Word is awesome!!!!
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