Trust

I don’t need to do great things; I just need to know that my life is Christ coming through to those I’ve known.  It’s a simple dream… but it is mine.  With this as my core, all other dreams are born.

Dreams spark desires and from desires requests are made; but good asking requires good timing.  I ask when I am so full of the question that I cannot contain it any longer.   With the asking comes a knowing that the answer is on its way; but not necessarily right around the corner.  I may pass through deserts and valleys.  I may experience the disappointment of delay and even try to create my own shortcuts; but I learn to trust even in the dark. Delay prepares me for what lies ahead.  Every trial and seeming set back in life is an invitation to grow up.  Trials transform me into a person who can sustain and appreciate the dream’s fulfillment.

I would really like the house to sell…YESTERDAY!  Ultimately, I know that delay is present only because there are things that are being made ready.  If the answer could come right away, it would.  Since it’s not, I know it will do so just as soon as all the pieces are in place.  To rely on perfect timing is to trust a bigger picture, a higher view, a Sovereign God.  There is more than what currently meets the eye.  When the parts align and come into focus the timing will make sense.  To trust love is to never worry again about what seems to be delay.

So be it…

“There are two classes of Christians; the proud who imagine they are humble and the humble who are afraid they are proud. There should be another class; the self-forgetful who leave the whole thing in the hands of Christ and refuse to waste any time trying to make themselves good. They will reach the goal far ahead of the rest.” A.W. Tozer

A good quote to remind me that He who began a good work in me is faithful to complete it. It is God who is all the while at work within me causing me to both will (choose) and to work (take action) for His good pleasure. I am letting go of the thought, time, and energy I waste trying to untangle myself. I’d rather forget it and leave the whole thing to Christ. He is the great and mighty “Do-er” within.

Christ bears the responsibility of causing my image to conform to His. He brings me to the fullness of each choice to establish His purpose in me. Seeing Him in all things is pushing the ego out of my way. I’m free to know myself now not only on mountain tops, but in valleys, cracks, and crevices. Pressure sheds light on me, desperation too. I emerge through both clarity and cloud-cover. There is no path I can take or seeming mistake I can make that is not coordinated in Christ. I dance with God; His consummate lead creates graceful response. I am kept in perfect step and time with my being; the wind whispers and I am carried to port.