So we all know that waiting can be a hard thing to do. Our society is so fast paced and we live in a "I want it now" culture. But if everything came to us so easily there would be no reason to put ALL of our faith and Trust in God to provide not only for our needs but also to provide for the plan that He calls you to do. Isn't it funny that we tend to complain about having to wait on something to happen when God was the one that ultimately called us so don't you think He would provide. But as human beings we don't naturally think that way. We want to try and solve the problem or provide an answer automatically. Instead we should be obedient to the call that God puts on our lives and then wait for Him to provide a way for that calling to be carried out. Way easier to blog about it than to live it out on a daily basis!!
It never fails that during the waiting period everything that can go wrong seems to go wrong. Waiting would be so much easier or at least a little easier if circumstances in life wouldn't arise that frustrate you or cause you to question your obedience in the first place. The thing is, God doesn't call us to just wait, while we are waiting He allows circumstances in our life that test our faith and cause us to grow in faith and trust in God. If we begin to view circumstances as a testing of our faith we might think twice the next time we react.
Jason preached in Luke 9 on Sunday morning and the big idea was: "Faith requires continuous obedience in the midst of the unknown." What a HUGE truth that is!!! It's in the unknown that it is hard to trust, so that is why God allows those times to happen....to build our faith and trust in Him.
Two months after we have set ourselves a part to follow God's leading to start a church we are still waiting on funding. It's definitely not my timing but I have no doubt that God is in control and that His timing is going to be perfect. Today we received our first financial gift to Uptown Church!!!! What a blessing that is! And to top it off there is a church in the area that is going to partner with us!!! I have no doubt that God will continue to bless this ministry. Even in the midst of the waiting God is working. God is using a lady that none of us really know to minister to the church by donating children's books and toys to the nursery/preschool area. How cool is that! This is all about God and He is revealing himself and using out of the ordinary ways to provide.
We are also continuing to wait on the adoption journey as well. To give a little update we ended up having to resubmit our lifebook about 2 or 3 weeks ago and so we are back to square one in this journey. A little discouraging but I know there is no point in worrying or getting upset because God has a plan and has called us to this so He will provide. The thing I've learned through the adoption journey so far is that you can't predict anything and you have to be ready for anything....which is so true of our daily lives when we are following God. Continue to pray for us as we go through this journey because it's not an easy journey.No matter what your circumstances might be remember to continue to grow your faith by being obedient in the midst of the unknown!
