Sometimes we don’t let the author of the novel write the story. You know when someone is explaining something and you interrupt them? You completely miss the interpretation because you didn’t let them finish what they were trying to say all along. Thats the same thing with God, sometimes we try to tell God how to write our story. When in fact he leaves us with some clear verses. Proverbs 16:1, “Go ahead and make all the plans you want, but it’s the Lord who will ultimately direct your steps”. Proverbs 16:9, “Within your heart you can make plans for your future, but the Lord chooses the steps you take to get there”. You see these verses are clear, we can have plans but God has the final say of how we get there. For example, i want a family; kids and a husband. Which God knows, and he is directing me there. But as God is directing me there, he is also preparing me first. God isn’t going to give you something he knows you aren’t ready for. God wants me to work on some things before i get there. As you are getting to the promise, he is also shaping and molding you on the way. You are never going to be perfect once you get to your destination, but there are certain things God wants you to understand before you get there. If i had a family two years ago, i would not have been the person i needed to be for my family. I would have brought harm unto my family. Im not a terrible person, but there are things in us that if we don’t heal/understand first it can affect us and our future. I say this because two years ago i was focused on my traumas. My finances were in shambles, i had a terrible relationship with my family. My surroundings were not the best and i wasn’t making the best choices. I wanted to be a wife and mother but i wasn’t acting like one. I was wasting my time on nonsense, not on wise things. I didn’t care about myself in any way and most importantly my relationship with God wasn’t where it should have been. In result of this i was pouring from an empty cup. When you have nothing to pour, it means you have nothing to give. You think i would have been able to pour into my husband and kids from an empty cup? Absolutely not! I would have been inconsistent with my future family because i was with God. I’ve learned that God works outside of our time, there are things he sees that we simply don’t. We need have faith and trust that he knows best and that he is working all things for our good. God is more worried about where your heart is at and who you become in the midst of getting to your promise. He’s more focused on having a relationship with you first. If you are a child of God and you don’t comprehend that he is enough, he will make sure before you get to your promise that you understand that. A man/woman is not supposed to complete you, they are supposed to add to you. Before any title you are first a child of God. A child, friendship or marriage shouldn’t give you identity. God should make you feel complete and worthy. You shouldn’t be satisfied once you look to the left or right, but simply as you look up to him. He needs you to be whole with him before you can be whole with anyone else. The blessings and things he gives us should only been an addition to our lives, not something that completes us. Job had plans for his future, but it wasn’t until his plans were interrupted that he understood that it is the Lord who ultimately directs his steps. He got to the promise, but it was only after his faith was tested. Will you follow God only when things go your way…? Or even in the midst of trials and tribulations…..

We are only complete in him….