Week 2: Waiting: Reflection and Prayer

Week 2: Waiting: Reflection and Prayer

Think about a time in your life when you were feeling uncertain about the future.  Perhaps it was a circumstance or an illness.  Did you take the time to pray and quietly wait on the Lord, or did you rush ahead and make a decision without waiting for God's perfect timing?  

I am guilty of praying that the Lord's will be done and when He has shut the door, I stubbornly have forced it back open and suffered the consequences. For example, in 2017, before a scheduled job interview I prayed that if the job was not within His will that He would somehow find a way to cancel the interview. The morning of the interview the boss called and cancelled because his wife was sick. I praised God for answering my prayer, but a year later, still unemployed and desperate, I reapplied and was hired on the spot. Going after a job God had initially shut down had its consequences. I became very sick due to the chemicals used at the facility. God knew there were dangerous chemicals there that would affect me, and I should have surrendered my will and not pursed that job a second time.

   

I have always had issues trusting other, and my trust issues hve applied to God as well. Yet, the more I learned about the character of Jesus (by reading my Bible and praying), the more I love Him and that trust He wants only the best for His children. If we cannot trust Him enough to lead our lives, we cannot ever fully love Him.

When you pray this week, reflect on the below verses.  Just as you did last week, thank God for all the times He had helped you through a tough time physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  Also ask God for patience is waiting for His perfect timing and have faith to know He only wants the best for His children and only wants good things for you!

(Psalm 27:13) Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. 

(Jeremiah 29:11, AMP) "For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you," says the Lord, "plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."