Desperate

Are you desperate for change? Are you desperate for relief? Have you declared that this year is your year or that this season is your season simply because this year MUST be different? You can no longer endure the status quo. Today is the first blank page of a new book you say, determined to write a good one. Being the reasonable person you are, knowing that change isn’t going to magically fall on your lap, you’ve made appropriate steps. You’ve devised a plan and you’re sticking to it. You’ve surrender your fears and inhibitions as best you could to God. You’re being bold and putting yourself out there. You’re studying. You’re being honest. Yet, you see no improvement. Perhaps you feel as though you are going backwards instead of forward. Whether your quest for change began this year or some time ago, remember that change takes time. While it's true that God sometimes suddenly removes our burdens, more often than not change is a process. Sometimes it may involve one big breakthrough, but most of the time it’s a combination smaller breaking points. If you are waiting for your single “Aha! moment” that will make everything OK, brace yourself for frustration.

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalms 54:4

When it comes to the story of the woman with the issue of blood, the focus of her story is often on “the one touch”. The focus is often on her extraordinary faith. The focus is on the end result. But, the reality is that it took 12 years of process. It took 12 years of pruning for her faith to grow. It took 12 years for her to place her security in Christ and not in man. While the notion of having to wait 12 years for our own breakthroughs is unsettling. Remember that through it all SHE WAS OK. Uncomfortable but, OK. And through her comfortableness she found a greater comfort by knowing, not just in theory but in practice, that God was her all in all. God wants you too to experience Him and that means that He won’t take away every burden all at once or right away. Sometimes He leaves thorns in our sides so that we know the source of our strenght. Insecurity often masks itself as impatience and desperation. The longer we wait the less likely it is to happen we feel. I've noticed that most of the time our desperation is not a reaction to what IS happening but, to what COULD happen but, just as God sustained the woman with the issue of blood, He will sustain you.

-Sydney Henry

Sydney is an independent gospel artist,
executive director of Uprise and a
seminary student. Find her music at
sydneyandpaige.com or follow her on
twitter @sydneyhenry

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Desperate

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