A Christian Sunday Morning

Determining Our Daily Plans

Have you ever had what you thought was just the right plans for a morning or day only to have them squashed right after you got everything ready?

One morning I thought it would be wonderful to sit out on the dock and study my Bible. Well, I packed a satchel with my favorite Bible and several other resources and off to the dock I went. I unpacked it all and laid it out ready to start. Then, I felt a drop and then another. "Okay, God, I know I should pack it all back up and go in. But, then what? Do you have another plan for me or shall I spread all of this out on the living room floor and study there?"

I really don't remember what I did that day but there are two ways to look at this.

Was it Satan trying to keep me from studying and I should not allow him to do it?

Or, was God telling me that this is all well and good but not what I have planned for you right now.

The only answer was to pray about it. But, what if you get no answer from God. Or, at least, you are not ascertaining it if it is coming.

Just wait on the Lord. How hard that is to do. It is one thing that I am having to learn to do right now. It is not easy. "Lord, are you there? Do you hear me?"

Of course, the answer to both of these questions is "Yes." But, sometimes He has other things He wants to teach us as we learn to watch and wait.

Like I said, it is not easy. But, oh so worth it. After having come through a trial, it is such a joy to look back at it and say "That is what you were up to." Don't look up in the sky and ask Him to tell you what He is up to. He will just say "No. Trust me."

Oh, for more patience. But, don't pray for it. LOL

posted by Mary Ann Chidlow @ 11:49 PM