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I just started reading In the Meantime: The Practice of Proactive Waiting by Rob Brendle, and I came across an incredible point that I wanted to share.

“Many of us desire to be done with the pettiness of whatever we’re doing now so that God can start using us in powerful ways. This mind-set seems noble at first, but the insidious underbelly of pride ends up poisoning and immobilizing us. It’s pride because – by despising whatever we’re doing now, by considering it beneath us – too often we are rejecting the very process God has designed to prepare us for taking the next steps in our calling.

“If you are walking with God and surrendering your life to his service, whatever you are doing right now is useful to Him. Maybe He planned it, and maybe He didn’t. Either way, He can work with it to make you a person after His own heart. Maybe you’re in the middle of God’s perfect will, and maybe you’re at the tail end of a horrendously unproductive detour. No matter, He can cause even the biggest detour to work together for your good and for the good of His kingdom. God is the one who thought of the calling you so vigilantly guard, and He is more than capable of accomplishing it through the circumstances of your life right now.” {In the Meantime/some emphasis mine}

13 Sep - Dangerous Curves Ahead (355:365) T-10!A few chapters back he explained this further…

“David the king was a product of David the teenage shepherd, David the courier, David the court musician, David the armor bearer, David the unlikely hero, and David the fugitive.”

This thought may not strike a chord with you as it did me, but as I look back over my life, I am tempted to beat myself up over past choices I made that appeared to have been aimless. I see people who decided what they were going to be when they were about 4 months old {know anyone like that}, and it makes me feel like at times my life-path has been scattered and somewhat unfocused.

However, at 41 years old, I honestly wouldn’t change much. Granted, there may be a few things I would have either completed or avoided, but, in the long run, what I’ve gone through and the decisions I’ve made have formed who I am and where I am right now.

Which makes me incredibly thankful for all of it.

The good. The bad.
The focused. The aimless.
The obvious. The not-so-sure.

Everything has contributed to this point in my life.

It’s formed me.
It’s guided me.
It’s prepared me.
It’s strengthened me.
It’s toughened me up.
It’s equipped me.

And just like David in the Bible, who I am now is a product of every role I’ve played, every choice I’ve made, and every turn I’ve taken on life’s path.

Has it been easy? Not always.
Do I regret anything? A few things.
Do I wish I had done it all differently? I don’t really think so.

Life is full of mistakes and successes. Failures and achievements. Ups and downs. And if I can’t be okay with walking through what may appear to be an uncertain time right now, then I’m not going to be in the right frame of mind when a smoother curve in the path of life shows up later. Because quite possibly what I don’t understand today will make complete sense…tomorrow.

So for this day…I choose to accept. To trust. To believe. To know that He is God. He’s got me tucked safely away in His process, and He will complete the work He has started.

‘And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.’ {Philippians 1:6}

Trust Him, my friend. The roles and curves of life’s path may seem confusing and pointless right now, but in the end they will all add up to what He has prepared you for. And something tells me it will make perfect sense then.

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