Have you ever found yourself in a situation in your life where you think you’re walking a little in standby mode?A temporary situation, whether you feel, explicitly or not, that puts your life on hold?
I’ve got, one more time. In fact, I think I’m going through someone else now.
- Anyone who knows me and has been following me for some time knows that I’ve moved six times and haven’t stopped yet.
We are in a transitional situation, living in a very small apartment, which was supposed to be temporary, but this provisional ended two years in February, we have plans, dreams and goals, but they are all pending right now.
I tried to get out of this temporary situation earlier this year, I had committed to find a bigger house to live in, we put our apartment up for sale, I visited 24 (this: twenty-four) properties for rent, but different situations prevented this from happening, and we understand that we should stay longer in this department. I don’t know. I really can’t say. Many obstacles prevent me from answering exactly this question, and my feeling increases that we are somehow “waiting”: when I decide where I will live, then will I?
Well, anyway. I feel like I’m halfway there. When did you go somewhere, but you haven’t gotten where you want to go yet?
The same was the case with the people of Israel when they left Egypt and camped in the wilderness en route to the promised land, under Moses’ leadership. There, in the wilderness, while the people of Israel were also on their way, many things happened, and reading Numbers 11 (I recommend you read this chapter of the Bible!), I realized that I had many lessons to learn from it.
I learned that we are always very excited from place to place, but it is in the middle of the road that our faith is most tested. That’s really true! When we decided to move into this apartment, I was very, very excited. I would finally stop driving so much every day (and I did). Children would have a better quality of life (and there is!). also (and I would). It would be much easier to reconcile work with home and family care (and that’s much easier!). We’d have a good church nearby, with networked job opportunities and ministries (and we have them!How many friends we made here, how many special people, how many ministry opportunities!). It was great moving here! However, the temporary situation has also brought its demands and wear and tear, and here I am, on the way, testing my faith again, and I must be very careful.
I learned from the people of Israel that the middle of the road is a place where I will be quite inclined to murmur!I know I can be tempted to look back and think, “Wow, why did I go where I was?Was it ours, the rates were lower, etc. ?” I even know I might be tempted to murmur and say that I miss things that, while I was there, I didn’t like. The people of Israel did this in the desert!! He complained about mana (God’s supply), missing things they probably did not have free access to during their captivity in Egypt (leeks, watermelons, meat, garlic?The people, the slaves ate all this?). I know I do it halfway, I complain, and I complain, and I complain, every time I get out of my comfort zone. Worse: sometimes, so blind in my disgust, I complain in a way that reflects a distorted image of reality (like slaves, who ate the pharaoh’s delights?Just don’t).
But half the way is also a place where God’s correction manifests itself surprisingly in the lives of his children. God wants me to live to please Him, whatever my circumstances. If I start whispering all the time along the way, not only does the journey get longer, but I also doubt God’s goodness and character, because my whispers show who I really think I’m right: me, me, and me. But God, who is faithful to himself and cannot deny his character, corrects me at this hour, as He corrected the people in the wilderness.
By complaining about manh and asking for flesh, God literally gave flesh to the people. LOTS OF MEAT! Until they can take it anymore. Until people saw that whoever was in control was REALLY in control of everything, I have learned from people in the desert that if I believe that my ways and solutions are better than God’s, he will quickly correct me by this proud and sinful thought. I can rely on God’s perfect moment to achieve all the goals He has for my life.
Finally, I learned that the way of the middle is also a place where God’s provision is safe, I still don’t know anything, but I know who is advancing !!!!And that’s enough. God provides. God is not missing, this does not fail. He doesn’t see like a man and thanks God for that. The course of history is still uncertain to me. But every day, things get fixed, I think !!!I believe this because God is like that? Provides Always Supplied!Of course you will!
As he did with the people of the desert, although Moses was stubborn (like me), fearful (like me) and very nervous (like me) on several occasions, God showed his provision to him and the people on several occasions. Several, with unexpected gain. With 70 counselors to help Moses lead the people. Even when it’s time to “growl,” send meat galore in the middle of the desert so people can literally fill up on meat and stop complaining!God provides. He’s like that.
I’m halfway there. Maybe you do, too. In the transition from one place to another, from one marital state to another, from one race to another, from one country to another, from one function to another. May we overcome the temptation to babble, using as an antidote the certainty of God’s loving care and care, which come at the right time, at the right time and in the right way.
You know that feeling I talked about at first?So I also learned that the place I intend to reach can be symbolic nearby. to the purposes He has for me: to sanctify myself, to become more christlike. When I understand that this is my goal, not the solution to life’s questions, walking here takes a totally different direction and direction, right?I really like Carlos Sider to say, “Are you going, not where you are?”
The same God who brought us here is the God who will provide for the future!And right, whenever necessary, to see me conform to the image of his Son.
And that’s all I need to know.