If there is one thing I have noticed about my relationship with God, it's that I can be a bit selfish and oblivious at times.
I know that may sound bad or dramatic, or whatever, but it’s the truth.
Many of us have specific things that we are praying for- big things. Children, houses, cars, mates, etc. And sometimes it seems like no matter how hard we pray we are not getting that one big thing.
A lot of times, I have failed to notice that in the process of praying for that one big thing, God is doing a million little things to help it come to pass- many of them that I may not even acknowledge or notice.
When I was single and praying for God to send the right person in my life, (see previous post) it took 5 years for it to happen. I was discouraged and had already made up my mind that it was something I just wasn’t going to have. What I didn’t see was God carefully orchestrating things around me to prepare me for what I had been asking for. People started exiting my life, He started shutting things down, and He even strategically placed me in the same spots as my husband years before we even met. When all these “random” changes started taking place I never stopped to think, why are all these things happening? I never noticed that they were all tied together.
In my attempts to be a mature Christian and walk in complete faith I have promised myself that for this next chapter of my life, I am going to pay attention to the little things God does for me. I am going to thank him for the small opportunities, the opened and closed doors, and always listen to that voice that says “yes" or "no” when I am about to do something crazy.
I am learning that really believing and trusting God is not only when we have these HUGE acts of God on the line, but also in the daily little things that slowly but surely gets us on the right track to receive our blessing.
