Waiting...

Ok...Ok...I'll update my blog

I have to say I'm impressed with all of you who still check it from time to time.

I figure the best place to start is to follow up with my past post. As most of you know I do now have a job. God is faithful...ALWAYS!

The week before spring break I all of a sudden had like 5 interviews which compared to the big 0 that I had before was a lot! Before I left to go on my mission trip I asked God to give me one offer to whatever job he wanted me at. So Monday while I was on the mission trip in the valley, I got a call and I received my one job offer to work at a health club called Aerofit. The sovereignty of God is amazing…had I got a job offer any sooner I seriously doubt I would have been able to go on this trip…really…what kind of a job would give me a weeks worth a vacation right off the bat!?

So I started at Aerofit as a membership consultant the Monday after spring break. As a membership consultant, my job was to sell memberships. Everything about this job seemed great. I’m really interested in health and fitness and it was working with people so all and all I thought good times. More importantly, God gave me one offered like I prayed for.

After a few weeks I began to struggle with some of the “sales tactics” I was advised to do. I began to ask the Lord…”really?”…”this is where you want me?”. Don’t get me wrong…I believe God spoke clearly about me being there. I was never forced to do anything to compromise my integrity, just encouraged. Plus, I was able to minister and reach out to a handful of souls.

But I was just starting to wonder and wouldn’t you know…the doctor who I went on the medical mission trip with asked me to be his new office manager. SWEET! And just so God made sure I heard him clearly…He had the current office manager ask me to consider taking over her job completely separate from Rusty’s (the doctor’s) knowledge. God had clearly laid it on both their hearts and on my heart SO starting Monday I will have this new amazing job!

All that to say that WAITING on the Lord is the most beautiful thing ever! While it might be the hardest thing we humans will ever have to get…it’s the most freeing lesson ever. Waiting on the Lord teaches you so much about our gracious and wonderful God. The favorite thing I learned is that God speaks SO clearly when He wants you to move. The Christian life doesn’t have to be a guessing game like so many of us have made it out to be. If what to do does not seem clear…do nothing but seek Him, wait for Him and hope in Him. He will let you know when you NEED to know.

Here are some Scriptures that God used to speak to me about waiting (seeking and hoping) on Him:

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. – Psalm 5:3

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. – Psalm 27:14

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. – Psalm 37:7

Wait for the Lord and keep his way. – Psalm 37:24

I wait for you, O Lord; you will answer, O Lord my God. – Psalm 38:15

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. – Psalm 130:5

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! – Isaiah 30:18

Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. – Lamentations 3:21-27

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. – Micah 7:7

I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint. Then the Lord replied: - Habakkuk 2:1-2

Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength ; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. – Isaiah 40:31

So here’s the deal…my “waiting” time was not NEARLY as long or as intense as I know of some other believers. I want people to post testimonies about waiting, seeking, and hoping in the Lord. I know there are a lot of ya’ll out there and probably too many stories to count but really…let’s share them and rejoice in our Good and Faithful GOD!!!