Thursday, November 6, 2008
Slowing Me Down
Waiting is not a thing that we naturally like to do. We don't choose the longest line to the cashier or the slowest lane of traffic but the shortest and fastest. Since accepting this new call, I have been trying to get in the fast lane to Denver. After all, once God shows you what to do and where to do it, why shouldn't you get started immediately? So in June, we surrendered to the call to Denver and in my mind, I imagined listing my house by the end of July, selling it no later than the end of Sept, moving in Oct, and launching the church at Easter. But, just like in Atlanta traffic, every lane that I have chosen has become the slow lane. Now it looks like that it will be Jan or Feb before we get out of here and our launch date for the church is now being pushed back to Sept 09. But the longer I sit in the slow lane the more comfortable I am with God's timing and allowing His plan to supersede mine. There are things that I can't control and no matter how loudly I rev my engine or how long I blow my horn, it does not move me along any faster. Now, I would rather try to run ahead of God than to lag behind but running with Him on His schedule, at His pace, is the most ideal. So that means I have to keep altering my plans and resubmit them to Him. This includes our Commissioning Service. When we first decided to have this event, I felt that we needed to do it as soon as possible (thinking that we were leaving sooner than later) so Nov 8 was the earliest we could pull it off. Then we tried Nov 15 and it didn't work. Then after returning from Denver and realizing we will be home for the holidays, I didn't sense it was necessary to have it on Nov 22 (plus it wasn't working for Bob and Monica). Now we will put it off til the new year or until we know more definitely when we are going. This service is important to us but I have to let God work His timing into this so please be patient with my seemingly indecisive decisions about this service. I won't name a date in this blog again until invitations are in the mail.
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22-25All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it's not only around us; it's within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We're also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.
26-28Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
These verses from The Message, Romans 8:22-25 seem appropriate. I hope they help in thinking about waiting and what it does in us.
I am waiting expectantly to see the great things God has planned for you.
Pam
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