Good morning--well it is morning for me when I'm writing this. I realize writing is my favorite thing, my escape, my hiding place with God. The unfiltered, raw kind where you leave all desire to prove yourself at home. It is where I can be exactly who I am at this moment. Do you desire the same? If so, keep reading.
Have you ever been delayed? Maybe it felt like a slammed door to your heart or maybe it was sudden yet graceful "not yet". Either way, it is human nature to expect a delay from God and even from someone else.
What do you do with that delay? Sometimes in my earlier years, I would blame God. I expected his abundance, but I'm stuck in the waiting... It was my misinterpretation of abundance and waiting and His goodness poured out in my life. I have learned in such a deep way that waiting is very trying. It is difficult. Some days it is hard to say "yes" to when you feel that you were built and equipped for more & the one who holds the keys to unlock the next season says "not yet". Even still, there is abundance in the stillness because Jesus is with you.
The waiting and the wilderness are where you are pregnant with the promise for abundant life through Christ Jesus. The specifications of the promise aren't always known, but I can guarantee you that the waiting is only temporary...but don't allow the temporary nature of your waiting to allow you to miss the gifts from the Holy Spirit right now. From a woman waiting to others who also may be waiting, trust in the Lord. I know sometimes it seems endless, lonely, and a place where you don't feel like God sees or hears you. But it isn't true. You have been delayed, a holy delay from a holy God who knows best. He is protecting you, guiding you, and being a good father despite your limited point of view.
Isaiah 51: 1-3,
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah who gave birth to you.
When I called him, he was only one;
I blessed him and made him many.
For the Lord will comfort Zion;
he will comfort all her waste places,
and he will make her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song. "
When you put it that way, I think I would rather wait. I want to be like Eden and the garden of the Lord & if God's delay cause it to grow within me- I don't want to miss out on anything that is of Him. I want His holiness, His plan, His grace. I don't want to run ahead of the grace He has given when the rug gets pulled out from under me. I don't want to be disgraced because I didn't listen nor remember my Father.
Yet, Isaiah 54 says,
"Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
then the children of the married woman,"
says the Lord.
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;
don't be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood."
You won't be disgraced, I won't be disgraced. He has planned for this. You are his beloved child that he is leading and growing in His timing. Stop allowing media to be your reference for how your life should be and follow the Spirit. Let him be your ruler, the ruler is accurate and cannot be proven wrong. Another something I have learned is to choose to live. There is abundance today, the flowers are growing, you are healing, and you have good things to look forward to. Look up and thank the Lord for today.
Thank the Lord for His provision. The manna in the wilderness. The revelation He gives solely to you in the wilderness season. We could not become who we are created to be apart from our wilderness seasons.
The difficult things develop the greatest character because of who Jesus is. And I want to remind you that you aren't just a daughter or a son, you are the bride of Christ. You are beloved, cherished, and an irreplaceable part of the story that the Father has written. You have been grafted in by His choice from the beginning of time.
Here's to the "devar in the midbar" aka the word from the Lord in the wilderness or desert. Jesus hasn't left and is very much on the scene of your life.
All my best,
Chloe
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