Gods Timing is Perfect

As my time here in America is coming to an end (quickly) I find myself quick to look at what is next for me. I know that my time here is not over.

While I was journaling today and realised that I have been honored to connect with different people who are doing what I want to be doing, who here are in Detroit, who are reaching the lost and helping rebuild the city. But my question is - why has this all been in the last few weeks of my time here?

Do you ever get times where you do not understand Gods timing? If I was to meet these people earlier then I might be were I want to be - working and serving in Detroit?
Then God reminded me - His timing is perfect!

Genesis 28:15- "Behold I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

I know that God is setting me up for the next season! I need to focus on where God had me now! Everything within me wants to know what is next, wants to know how it will all work out, but God says look at today - look at what I have in store for you today! Tomorrow will take care of itself!

So let me encourage you to look at today as if this was all you had! God will work things together for your GOOD!! He is faithful to His word - what HE speaks what HE promises, HE will make happen!!

"God speaks something so that we can trust His word, not just what we can see" Pastor Tim Dilana

Are you aiming for perfection?

When Paul was writing to the church in Thessalonica it was very different to his letter to the church in Corinth. The Thessalonians seemed to have things together - in chapter 2 Paul writes

"For you, brothers, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus"
He was fond of this church. But on thing that stood out - although they were doing a good job, and although Paul did not have much correction to bring, he never told them they had it all right! 

1 Thessalonians 4:10

      And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. 

Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.

 

Paul urges the church to love more and more - not to ever settle with how much you love now, but to be constantly increasing!

God help us if we ever think we are doing enough! We need to be reaching for perfection, for excellence. Don't ever stop because you think that you have done enough - you have loved enough, you have served enough, you have gave enough! Not until you have given it ALL! Until you reach perfection in Christ - Heaven! 

Be encouraged in that we have so much more we can be doing for the Kingdom of God. 

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God"