Picture this. God answering every prayer you ever prayed. Every miracle that you ever wanted to happen, God performs. Everything you ever ask of Him, he does.
If our faith was instantaneous like that, I don't even know if we could consider that faith. That would make our faith more of an absolute expectation.
You might know God to be a little humorous sometimes. His timing and the way he does things somehow always works out...even when we didn't think that there was any way that it would. I say God is humorous because I can almost look back at my entire life and laugh a little bit about how everything unfolded in a completely different way than I ever expected.
One of the things I can relate this example to the most is my career. When school was wrapping up last Spring I didn't really know what path I was going to take. I just wanted to serve people and make an impact in whatever way that I could.
There were two companies in the finance/insurance industry that reached out to me in the last two weeks of school. The first company that reached out, I was really caught off guard because I never pictured myself in this industry. That company reaching out to me really got me thinking that this sort of career might be the perfect fit...God got my wheels turning.
About a week after this happened, another company reached out. Northwestern Mutual. That is where I am now. When this fell into place I knew it was the perfect fit for me. I was waiting for a second sign from God to show me that this industry was for me, and through constant prayer, it happened.
There is a story in Mark chapter 8 where Jesus restores the sight of a blind man.
When Jesus was in the city of Bethsaisda, some people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him in order to restore his sight. Jesus put his hands on the man and asked if he saw anything and the man said this..."I see people; they look like trees walking around."
Then Jesus put his hands on the man again and he opened his eyes and could see everything clearly.
So why did Jesus touch the man a second time before he could see? This miracle was not too difficult for Jesus, but he chose to do it in stages, possibly to show the disciples that some healing would be gradual rather than instantaneous or to demonstrate that spiritual truth it not always perceived clearly at first.
See how this relates to our lives?
For me, it took two companies in the same industry reaching out. But that isn't the only time. There have been more times than not where God has been gradual in the process. I believe that is a huge key in our daily lives.
Spiritual truth is also almost never perceived clearly the first time. I have to re-read verses in my bible all the time just to try and make sense of them. There are still verses that I don't understand even though I have read them thousands of times. I have faith that someday I will understand them.
If we have the expectation that everything God does will be instantaneous we will often be disappointed. Everything is gradual. My prayer for you is that you begin to be patient in waiting for God to answer your prayers. Be patient in your perception.
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