release

Feels like I've been here forever

Why can't You just intervene

Do You see the tears keep falling

And I'm falling apart at the seams

But You never said the road would be easy

But You said that You would never leave.

You never promised that this life wasn't hard

But You promised You'd take care of me

So I'll stop searching for the answers

I'll stop praying for an escape

I'll trust You God with where I am 

And believe that You will have Your way

Even if my dreams have died

Even if I don't survive

I'll still worship You with all my life

("Have Your Way" by Britt Nicole)

Too often I find myself praying that God make changes in my current situations. I long for an escape from the mundane. I forget that even now there is a work being done in my life. Even when I feel as if I am not making progress, not moving forward, it is because He is telling me "Wait." His will is perfect. His timing, impeccable. Who am I to question it? 

This does not mean I wait and do nothing. It may mean that I need to learn to "Let go and let God," releasing control. It may also mean there is a purpose in the here and now. Am I fulfilling it? And in the end, worshiping Him regardless of the outcome.

"The deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end but by making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: 'Thy will be done'."--Elisabeth Elliot