During our waiting, it’s the “Nevers” that creep into our minds that can just be killers! I am never going to get that job. I am never going to be healed. I am never going to have a baby. We are never going to be able to get through the adoption process. I am never going to meet the man or woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. My dreams are never going to be fulfilled. God’s promises will never become reality.
The “Nevers” are so hard, and Satan is without a doubt the king of the “Nevers.” Why? Because if he can get us to focus on the “Nevers,” than we begin to lose our hope. And if we lose our hope, than we give up on our God-given desires and simply settle for good enough rather than God’s best. Or we give up altogether.
As I was driving home from work the other day, the Lord gave me this phrase….. “But God, By God, and For God.”
When the “Nevers” creep up on me…..or flat out assault me….I remind myself…..BUT GOD has plans to prosper me and not to harm me…to give me hope and a future. HOPE AND A FUTURE! The “Nevers” are simply not part of God’s plan for me.
And BY GOD, I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13) Easy? No. Do I falter and at times fall flat on my face? Yes. But He is there to pick me up, remind me I am strong in Him, and that He has more power in His little pinky than I can even begin to imagine.
And FOR GOD, I keep pressing on, loving Him, loving those He puts in my path who are on the same journey, and giving Him glory for all He has done in my waiting.
We will see the light. We will make it through. We just have to put those “Nevers” where they belong….in Never Never land…..while we head into our Promise Land!
Patiently Waiting on God 