When everybody else seems to be moving

James 5:7-8

Patient waiting is active, like a farmer expecting a harvest.

When everybody else seems to be moving. This is where faith gets practical. Pay attention to the sentence your mind writes next. Is it telling you that you are unwanted, unsafe, behind, foolish, trapped, or forgotten? That sentence matters because repeated thoughts eventually start sounding like facts. Waiting is not proof that God has forgotten you. Jesus Christ is present in the part of the story that has no visible movement yet. One honest decision under the lordship of Jesus Christ can be the beginning of a completely different pattern.

What would you advise someone you love to do if they were standing where you are?

Jesus Christ, I release my need to control how this turns out. Help me steward what You actually placed in my hands and trust You with what You did not. Amen.

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