When our family was just a year and a half into deputation, all meetings seemed to completely shut off. I was not able to get any meetings for about a 3-4 month period no matter how hard I tried. That was discouraging! Looking back, I see that God was opening time up for a major ministry transition direction. It was during that time that we had many meetings with BMM and CBFI as we mat the change from Utah Valley University to Syracuse University. God knew, I should have trusted better.
Another example is COVID-19. This has been a crazy time in American history! Stay at home! Wear a mask! Avoid people! As I have written in another post, deputation shut off. No meetings for several months. Again, I start to get frustrated. We wanted God to get us on the field this year! So what has God's timing been for this time? Some of these answers have yet to be revealed. There are some cool things God has used it for! My leg issue had reached a point pre-COVID that I had to cancel a meeting, couldn't drive. God used this time to help it recover as well as open the door for the procedure to correct the problem and recovery time. Beth and I both had opportunity to connect in different ways with some of the young people we have in Bible study each week including walking through some tough choices one was having to make.
I guess I write this to remind myself that God has perfect timing and I don't. This is a hard lesson to get right. We like our plan and often get easily upset when things don't go our way. It feels like we have been left in the desert to dry out!
Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
Proverbs 16:9, "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps."
I am sure glad that these verses talk about our God! Now just to learn to consistently trust!
