Although my pastor was utilizing Galatians 5:22 (the Fruit of the Spirit), I am going to go to Psalm 27. In this text David is encouraging and reminding himself about the greatness of God and how it is his goal to seek God and to wait on His way and His instruction. This type of encouragement and reminding is needed on a daily basis. It is easy to get caught up in the situation or even get caught up in the things of the past that resemble what you are going through now. The mind is an extremely strong and powerful instrument that can be used for the glory of God and for our demise. The Bible says in Phillipians 4:8 "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." (NIV). God instructs us to do this because in the midst of whatever we have to endure or wait on, complaining, moaning, groaning, etc have the potential of taking over the situation and creating or painting a picture that is different from what God wants us to focus on. In essence, the complaining starts a derailment! A detouring! Why pray so hard for God to move and for God to show you His path or direction just to derail or detour? That is a lot of work to flush down the toilet.
At this point, I want you to stop reading and turn to Psalm 27 (read the entire thing prior to continuing on with this blog entry). It starts out with a declaration of who God is. If we believe what is stated in Verse 1, then there is no need to complain because we know and understand that God knows what He is doing and we are trusting Him in the process. Verses 2 and 3 prepare us for what the enemy is going to try and set up and establish in our midst and then what God is going to do in response to the enemies attempt. Again, these verses are reaffirming for us the importance of allowing God to do it in His timing. It is not about torment or pressure for us! There are battles that God is fighting on our behalf! Enemies and adversaries that He is shutting down on our behalf! And He needs the time and our trust and faith so that He can do what He needs to do...FOR US!
God has a perfect plan and if we trust Him and continue to place our faith in Him, we will see that everything was well worth the wait.
Prayer:
Father God in the name of Jesus, forgive me for not placing consistent trust in you and your process. I speak to every part of my being and decree that my body, my soul, and my spirit shall be surrendered and submitted unto your will and your way. That your voice and your words shall be the trigger to shut down anything in my life that is speaking contrary to you. I decree from this day forward that I will wait on you and not press you to move according to my timeline. For your word tells me to be anxious for nothing, but in all things will prayer and supplication. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!
