Wait Your Turn

Lesson for today: Learn to Wait for my Season

Last night, I tried to post to my blog and was unsuccessful. After several attempts at trying to fix problems with my server, I decided to get off the computer and read my Bible. Needless to say that must have been what I was supposed to be doing with my time because I never got the server up and running, which prevented me from posting. This morning, I tried again, but I wasn't successful. I am starting to think my computer does not like me anymore, or that is God's way of redirecting me to tasks that are higher on the priority list. I must admit I am such a procrastinator. Things that I hate to do fall into three main categories - they lack creativity, and so I am not interested in doing them; they require resources that I do not currently have, and so I would just be wasting time to only find out in the long run that I could not do them; or they are not a good use of my talents and energy, so I put better use to my time by avoiding them completely. I think that the best assessment of my dilemma is that I often spend excessive time doing things that I like to do rather than what needs to be done. My other problem is that I am extremely impatient. So every day I cipher between what needs to be done, what should be done, and what won't get done.

Even though I have not made any resolutions for this year, I do have an action plan / list of things that I will do this year. Now I know that sounds cheesy, because you probably think that is the same thing. But the difference is that I have prayed for God's direction in 2009, and the answer to those prayers fit this list:

1. Post to my blog every day
2. Pray and read my Bible throughout the day
3. Share Jesus with people I come into contact with while I am out doing life
4. Work my two businesses with diligence and integrity two days per week
5. Drink twice as much water or tea as I drink Coke
6. Use my talents to empower and teach other women
7. Live my calendar (i.e. - Plan my work, and work my plan.)
8. Demonstrate R.A.L. to my family (Random Acts of Love)
9. Share my prophecy / prayer journal with my writing group

"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength."

God wants us to live without being anxious. He expects us to totally rely on Him, especially when tasks seem too difficult for us. We live in a world in which we can have almost anything we want whenever we want. My dad calls this our microwave society. This is not how God intends for us to live in the Kingdom. God has a plan and purpose for your life, but it comes at His appointed time. When we waste our time with idle activities, we delay the treasures of life that God intends for us. So decide today to live each moment filled with God's purpose and plans. Avoid distracting activities and people who seek to get you off course. Sometimes before I must minister, I shut off the television, the phone, and sometimes people who want to share meaningless conversation. In order to get God's best, we must press into that still quiet voice and just wait. Wait until God speaks! This isn't always easy, but it is constantly necessary. And we wait.