The world will not stop and our true God-ordained ministries will not end when
we take time to let God make us healthier and better equipped...Beth Moore
This quote has been one that I have often come back to in the last several years
of my life. It helps me to remember that God is still working on me and that He
is preparing for me something far more grand than I can fathom. He is using a
chipping away method, that although painful at times, rushing the process will
only make it worse; I will not be adequately equipped nor responsible enough to
handle the task at hand. Yes I do wonder at times all of what His plans are and
what all I will have to endure or trudge through to get to the place where I am
ready for His next step. What I am learning of the process, this method, is
that our beauty is NOT just in the finished product. It isn't just at the end
of our lives when we have completed our purpose or conquered our goals. It
isn't just in the next step He has for me. It's more than a bucket list and
sculpture formed. It is in the process that God is seen by others and
during the chipping away that we can shine for Him.
Us parents tend to go nuts over every stage of our child's learning and life.
We love it when they smile for the first time, when they say their first word,
take their first step, read their first book, complete their first year of
school, play their first sport, and so on. Its beauty to us to watch our kids
grow. It is the same for the Lord. He loves to see us mature in Him. And He
knows with that maturity there will come more responsibility. More
responsibility for His ministry to be done.
Yes there will be certain things that we are not ready to see or handle at
different points of our walk. But the appropriate time will come just like the
appropriate time to drive, vote, or even marry. Sometimes we try to jump ahead
of ourselves, we try to grow up too fast. It seems that's our culture, always
wanting more of what we aren't ready for or we don't need. Instead of living in
the moment where God placed us, we tend to want something different, something
more. Sometimes the learning process for us may not be fun. But, each step is
important and requires the one before. All pieces of the puzzle are necessary
to be complete. The more we allow God to grow us the more opportunities we will
have to be used by Him.
Just wanted to encourage you today that even though you may not see the finished
product or know His Big Plan or Purpose for your life; as you are going along is
when He truly desires for you to shine your light for Him. Not one minute is wasted when you let Him mold you and make you into what He desires you to be. In this you will be more equipped for
what lies ahead and your God-ordained ministry will be living proof of the life
you live in Him.
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