In the opening of this blog I wrote a lot about mistakes, how to see through them, and how to overcome them. It was a topic fresh in my mind because I had just overcome my own mistakes. As I am now a couple months from overcoming them, but still some time from being able to attend seminary I have another lesson that comes from personal experience.
The time between realizing the right thing to do and being able to do the right thing can be infuriating. Anyone who’s been accepted to college, and had to agonizingly wait for the first day of college knows what this is like to a degree. It’s always worse when it’s a major commitment. That time can be tiring, and Satan can smell it when you’re tired of waiting. He’ll come to you, and use your frustration with the waiting to make you doubt yourself.
He is always committed to getting you off the right path, and he will bring you down however he can. If you’re engaged to the person you love he can use the time between getting engaged and getting married to drive a wedge between you and the person who is right for you. If you’ve decided to become a minister he can use the time you’re waiting to go to school to make you back out.
The annoying thing about this is it’s never ending. In many situations there’s always a chance to back out. You can always drop out of med school a semester before graduation, or duck out of that mission trip the day before you go. Even if you’ve already been a minister for 15 years you’ve still got time to second guess yourself, and decide you’d rather be an accountant. Another thing that makes this infuriating is sometimes backing out of your current commitment is the right thing to do because it keeps you from what God wants for you. Don’t consider this too much, however, for by doing so many have twisted their thoughts, and simply used God as an excuse to drop out of something. Never let yourself do that.
Don’t step off the path because of impatience. Keep your eyes on the Lord, and let Him continue to guide your steps. If you’ve truly handed yourself over to Him then do not doubt yourself. This doubting is just Satan’s attempt to make you ineffective. He wants you to flounder around forever with no purpose. He wants to take you off the path. Do not listen to his voice. Don’t listen to your own voice that arises out of your insecurities, and your fear of commitment. Leave it to God. He knows what to do, and He can give you the patience you need to get where He wants you.
Do not get jumpy. Do not be afraid. Wait. Be patient. Trust in the faith the Lord gave you. Stay on the path.
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