Cycle of Faith: For Those Times When You Think You Should Be OK But You're Not

There seems to be this cycle that circles my life. I learn to trust God for one dream, and then it's time to trust Him for another. Yes, it's a cycle of faith. Like the time I wanted to go to Europe, and I was so broke. Long story short God made it happened, just like I knew he would (I will tell you guys about it later).

It seems like a year had not even passed before new desires and needs emerged. I wanted a house of my own and yes, I was so broke. God made it happen.

In the course of six months both grandparents passed and I needed God. This was followed by a season of family issues which was followed by a season of friend issues which was followed by a season of work issues; and yes, I needed God.

THE LESSON

Looking back teaches me something simple: I need God in my life, even when I think I am strong enough on my own. In life, or at least in mine, there seems to be this cycle of storms that we are either
1). headed into,
2). in the middle of it, or
3). on our way out
(as my pastor puts it).
When I am fighting for my career dreams, I can take comfort in the fact that "as I delight in the law of Lord, He will give me the desires of my heart." So I dive into the word. As I am standing for my family to be delivered from our own brand of crazy (don't judge, I happen to know for a fact that EVERYBODY's family is special in it's own little-God-deliver-us-from-our-mess way :-D) As I stand for my family, I know that "greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world" and I take comfort that as I stand and believe God will deliver me into my best dream.

There is simply always something or someone to FAITH for. We might as well accept this reality, we need God. So when you finally arrive in your dream and walk in the life that you hoped it would bring, if you feel the prick and pain of a new desire and need--Don't beat yourself up, go right back to the One who helped you in the first place. You are growing up by walking through another cycle of FAITH, learning to trust God everyday for everything one single moment at a time, and that is ok.

MizJAI . . . walking through another cycle of FAITH