Are
you still waiting for your victory? Sometimes, the wait can seem so
long…The days, weeks, months, and sometimes years can pass without much, if
any, visible results. Yet, God is continually at work in our lives and
things are happening, even when we can’t see them. So this post is not to discourage you, but to encourage you!
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There are days I wake up feeling energized, excited, and motivated to complete a project, but somehow...by the end of the day, it seems I’ve done everything but that project, and accomplished basically nothing. Have you had those days?
Yet, time continues to move forward. Some days seem to move quicker than others, even though each day has the same number of hours, and the seconds on the clock tick by at the same rate...
I am currently in a prolonged season of “work”. When I say work, I mean the time between planting new seeds in my life to reaping the harvest that will eventually come from caring for those seeds. In order for new seeds to take root and become deeply planted in our lives, here are a few questions to ask:
- Are they seeds that line up with the Word of God and His plans and purpose for my life? (Here is a link to my blog on: What is YOUR Purpose).
- Are they seeds that build up (positive seeds)? Or tear down (negative seeds)?
- Are they annual seeds - seeds that come up once and then die off? Or perennial seeds - seeds that will continue to grow, bloom, multiply?
- Am I giving God first place in my life or am I giving him my leftovers? (How much time am I spending with Him?)
- Am I conforming my thoughts, words, and actions to be accepted by the world’s standards or God’s standards?
- Am I trusting God and allowing Him to work in my life, or am I trying to do all of the work myself?
- I try to remember something I’ve heard Joyce Meyer and others say: “Follow peace. That is your answer.” When you are feeling anxious, stressed-out, full of fear, depressed, or not sleeping well, then you are not trusting God in your situation. (I know, I've been there!).
If you find yourself trying to plant good seeds in your life but haven't seen the benefits yet (for example: reading your Bible more, quitting an addiction, not telling lies (even little white lies), living what you say (not being a hypocrite), getting to work on time, praying, having more patience, spending more time with your family, and so on and so on), don't give up. Your harvest is coming!
So, as we wait for our harvests, keep on planting new seeds. Let's continue do our part by tending to them while putting our trust in God to do His part, in His timing, and then watch them grow...
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CHER-Life and live WELL \o/