God’s not Done

It is so easy for us to forget past victories, especially when we are still waiting on yet unanswered prayers. Thankfully God is patient

January 18

I have not been sleeping well lately. I'm waking up in the middle of the night and I can't seem to get back to sleep. By the time I do finally fall asleep it's almost morning and now I'm stressed because I don't want to sleep too late. When this happens I wake up a little sad. I have something that I've been praying for, fasting for, and waiting for, for a really long time. I trust God. But maybe this will never come to pass. For years I have trusted and believed that eventually, it would come to pass. But as I'm getting older, I'm starting to wonder. It was a really busy day today, so I tried to shake off the sadness and just get to it. It didn't take too long to start to feel better and by the end of the day I felt like myself. Not everything turned out the way I was hoping for today, but that was okay. It was still a really good day. I saw God in too many places today to name them all. So I'm only going to mention the most important. As I was wrapping up the day God reminded me of Joseph. God had incredible plans for him, but before any of that could happen Joseph was in the pit. He was first thrown into the pit by his brothers. He was thrown in jail by Potiphar. And then he was forgotten there. Well, not completely forgotten, God never forgot. God was more concerned with Joseph’s character. He was more concerned with who Joseph was becoming then what he was going through. God transforms us more often through our trials than our victories. I know He is shaping me, I know he's up to something good. It's just really hard when life isn't what you thought it would be. And then came God. He reminded me that I'm not forgotten and that He's not done yet.