In His time.

I’m a time person. Ask anyone I know with, “What is Sarah’s biggest pet peeve?” They would tell you, “Being late!” I will show up to class 15 minutes early. I also love scheduling out my week. If I lost my planner, I would probably cry. That has all my appointments, due dates, etc.

I have this bad habit. I’ve been setting a time limit on God. I’ve been wanting God to use when I want Him to, not when He wants me to. I recently decided to take 6 months off from dating (well, boys!) I want these 6 months with the Lord to be some amazing times of intimate moments with the Lord. I want Him to speak to me like never before. I recently was speaking to a friend of mine who lives in Texas. She told me something that really hit home with me. “Don’t put a time limit on God.” Woah! “What about after these 6 months? What will your relationship with God look like?” I never really thought about it. What is my relationship with the Lord going to look like? Am I just going to go back to where I was?

I absolutely love Ecclesiastes 3:11. The Message version says, “True, God has made everything beautiful in itself and in it’s time…” This verse is just amazing because it shows how God has planned every moment to be beautiful. Sometimes I get caught up in making timelines in what I want to see, when God is telling me, “Hey Sarah? Look what I’m doing. It’s a beautiful thing.” Sometimes God wants to use us when we tell Him we want to take a time out. Philippians 2:13 says, “For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” How can I stop God’s will in my life. We have learned that in His time, everything is beautiful.

I want amazing things to happen in my life. I don’t want to stop the good things that He has planned for me because I’ve planned how my walk with the Lord is going to look like. “The heart of man plans his ways, but the Lord establishes his steps”-Proverbs 16:9. Now if you’re taking time off from girls or guys to focus your heart on God, I’m so excited for you! I pray that these times with the Lord will be amazing & He will speak to you. But from what I’ve learned, watch out for putting limits on God. We might not see the good things He has in front of us when we are thinking “I have 3 months to go. I hope these last few months with God is going to be awesome!” Every day with God should be awesome.

Give God your attention fully. Be in synch with His time. God knows that a desire of my heart is to fall in love with man of God. But during this time of waiting, I should constantly be falling more in love with the Lord, not just putting out a few months of my life out there. Our time together is beautiful.

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”-Psalm 37:4.
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him”-Psalm 37:7.