"Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass."
~Ps 37:5~
Have you ever been whipped by the Lord? Let me just tell you, it stings a little while afterward. Have you ever prayed for something so long, only to realize you are hindering your own blessing by your disobedience? Whether it's something God has told you to do or convicted you to stop doing, obedience is the only way to move from where you are now to the next place you're going. It's an agonizing process to accept responsibility for slowing down your own blessing. It's easier to blame others for leading you here. It's sometimes easier to blame God or say it's "just His will" that I'm here & that I've been here so long. But I wana tell you, God is a persistent God.
The children of Israel were freed from slavery in Egypt & God had a divine promised land completely prepared for them. It was only an eleven day's journey away. Yet once they began the journey, they became discouraged, fearful, & ungrateful. They doubted that God would provide, their faith wavered. They even complained about what God did provide. And thus, the delay of their blessing began. An eleven day journey turned into a 40 year wander in the dry desert. It was never supposed to be this way. It was only supposed to take eleven days. . .
God is a persistant Father, determined that we learn the lesson He has put before us to learn. How long it takes is up to us. I've fooled myself in past times, believing God loves me so much & wants to bless me so much, that He will allow a margin of error, overlook some small sins or bad attitudes & give it to me anyway. Sounds like a small child in the grocery store, throwing a tantrum yet begging for candy, huh?
Total surrender, clean hearts & clean minds are a few of the beginning requirements to get moving on our journey. The quicker we wade into those difficult stagnant spots to dissolve them, the quicker we can restore the flow of His blessings into our life. "COMMIT your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass."
