Patience

In this season, I think I’m finally learning to wait on God to fight my battles for me. Learning. (Sigh, blah, but okay, Lord, I'm definitely not perfect. It's You making all these changes anyway!)

Last night I listened to a John Ortberg sermon on “Love is Patient,” and he shared an anecdote on how Dallas Willard described Jesus as “relaxed.” Ortberg’s sermon was on how we can truly relax because God has everything under control.

And Ortberg is right. We’re fighting a battle that we know we will win. My devotions was also on 2 Samuel, Chapter 6. God went before David in every battle and fought it for him.

This doesn’t mean that I won’t know suffering. God will certainly allow bad things into my life—but I will never be alone, and He will use it for good. But whatever happens next, my God is with me, and the battle has been won. So the message for this season is to wait.

And finally, I think I don't just know this as scriptural truth in my head. I know how this feels as truth in my heart. 

This is the difference.