So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4: 18
The Lord has placed this verse in my heart lately. As I go through a season where most things look, to the naked eye, plainly problematic and challenging, the inspired words of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians keep coming back to me. The last few weeks, for instance, I’ve been thinking about how our old house hasn’t sold yet. I took a drive around our old neighborhood a couple of days ago and realized there is yet another house up for sale in the tiny community. I really don't remember, in the 15+ years I spent in that lovely area, to have seen that many houses listed for sale. Even at the height of the housing market crisis we never saw so many for sale signs popping up in yards around us. Granted, there aren't THAT many...but in relation to the size of the neighborhood...see, I'm babbling about it too much...I can't stop!
At any rate, back to my story, when I saw the for sale sign on this particular yard my heart sank. But the Lord in His infinite mercy quickly brought His Word back to my thoughts… and I remembered the message He has been trying to send me: “fix your eyes on what is not seen, for what is seen is deceiving…” It really does not matter how saturated our little housing market is at the moment. If it is in His plan for us to sell the house, it will happen! Regardless of how much nicer, bigger, cheaper, better staged the other houses around ours are, if it is in His plan, ours will sell at the appointed time. I just have to relax and let Him do His thing!
“I’m going to let God be God…” This is what I’ve been repeating to myself. He’s got this, and everything else. In the meantime, I am going to try to enjoy watching His hand at work in my life. I pray for Him to give me a heightened awareness of His presence and that in the process I learn how to lean on Him…completely…and how to focus on the unseen, for that’s what is eternal.
I love your phrase "I'm going to let God be God"! I think I am going to steal that as my new mantra. I always get so much out of your posts Gisela. I really struggle with God's timing versus my own. Sometimes He is SO slow :), but there is always a reason. His timing is perfect. Ours is only based on what we can see at the time. As you shared, this is deceiving. Praying for your peace my friend!
ReplyDeleteThank YOU Candace! I am honored that you hear the whispering of the Lord through my ramblings : ) I tell you, I have been repeating that very phrase like a mantra lately..."I'm going to let God be God..." It is hard for me to be still, though...but He is asking me, so I must. Blessings to you in your journey!
DeleteHi Gisela! I find your faith inspiring. It's so easy to panic when we think in earthly reasoning. I am going through some sadness about my situation in life right now too, but I keep handing it back to God. 'Here, you take this!'
ReplyDeleteIt will all work out in the end, and we'll wonder why we worried at all. In the meantime, I'll keep you in my prayers.
Blessings!
Ceil
Hi Ceil and thank you for your words. It is very easy to panic...I struggle with that...it used to be my first response to everything and anything! The Lord is teaching me that I can trust Him and that there is no need to panic. He's got it, whatever IT may be.Thank you so much for your prayers, and I send them right back at you. May we all feel His presence, as it is in His presence that we find true peace.
DeleteYou are so right, Gisela! I don't know if you know this, but the buyers for your house have been on my prayer list.....God is getting just the right family ready to get in there--I know it!, In His timing. It WILL happen! Take care, my friend!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Diane! I REALLY appreciate your prayers. I know it will happen too, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, I will be patient enough to just relax and wait for His timing to take care of things. Thank you so much!
DeleteTotally. Let God be God. We can't make things happen. But He can if it is the right time. I love this: If it is in His plan for us to sell the house, it will happen!
ReplyDeleteBlessings as you wait on Him,
Janis www.janiscox.com
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Thank you Janis! I really appreciate your words. It is all about trusting Him. His plans are perfect and better than anything we can concoct by ourselves. The trick is believing that He is who He says He is, and that He can do what He says He can do.
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