Speed of Love

 Speed of Love

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.”This is the LORD’S declaration. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9

What would it look like to daily surrender things to God? That is where I feel the Lord speaking to me lately. Daily.

Walking by faith is purposeful but never easy. 

I was made with this internal need to know things. I want to know why things don’t go according to my plan and why things happen the way they do. I can fight to not know but in the end it will be an internal need to know. Does anyone else struggle with this ability to let the Lord control things? My feelings are really bad at allowing the Lord room to speak into things. They too can throw me off course and the enemy is always waiting for me to take the bait to allow those feelings to take over.

Something that is planned can go awry at any minute. I had this happen recently. I was all set to do something when I got a call to tell me those were no longer the plans. This happened to be  something that was pretty important but again not something I could control. My immediate response was, “But I want that to happen.” As I sat in reality having my little temper tantrum someone I love said, “I can’t wait to see how this turns out. This just means that God is going to do something.” I didn’t want God to do something. I didn’t want to continue to trust that he was in control of this.  And then as I started praying,”God I will continue to trust even when this doesn’t make sense” something started to settle within the restlessness I was feeling. 

“Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began.” Psalm 139:16

God’s timing will be something I can’t rush. His timing accomplishes what God sees to do within my life but it is my willingness to allow that. Most days I won’t recognize that it is only when I ask for God to show me in situations how He can then reveal that to me. 

There is always a purpose in the plan and I won’t always like that. He isn't concerned about fixing my problem. He is concerned about developing that deep relationship with me.  This particular situation was resolved in a way I had not seen coming.  It was that surrender of letting it go to make a phone call and then find out what I was set to do was actually going to happen. I didn’t have to wait to see how it was going to work out like I thought. Instead, he was giving me an answer in His time. His thoughts will always be higher than mine. And His ways will always be higher than mine but allowing Him to have that space to lead will always be up to me.

So where am I expecting God to go at my speed instead of staying in step with His Spirit? 

Ask Him. 

Father,

I confess those things I want to fix. Search me and know me to walk in step with you knowing your speed is perfect. I will give thanks to you with all my heart and trust in you alone.

Amen