When God says No

Don’t be impatient for the Lord to act! Keep traveling steadily along his pathway and in due season he will honor you with every blessing

Psalm 37:34 TLB

Recently there was a situation in my life that I was praying for and asking God to bless, but it didn’t turn out quite how I wanted. Have you ever experienced that? A time when God closed the door for something? Maybe it was a job opportunity that you wanted really badly but didn’t get, or a school application that was denied, or a friendship or relationship that had to end. For me, it was something that I prayed hard for this past year, (maybe even longer). As I’ve written about before, praying for the impossible to become possible has been something that I’ve actually witnessed in my life. So I was very hopeful that God would bless this situation and my prayer would be answered. But God said no. It was heartbreaking to come to terms that God was not going to answer this one prayer. Yet at the same time I know that if I truly want to grow in my faith with the Lord I do have to trust that He has better plans for me than what I could see or what I could want for myself. In this scripture David is speaking on not growing impatient for the Lord to act. I know that God is always acting on my behave and that my patience is something that I’m still learning to fully develop. However in this situation it was clear that God was closing this door. Now what I’m learning is that it’s important to be patient during this time of not know what is next. In this scripture David continues by saying “Keep traveling steadily along his pathway and in due season he will honor you with every blessing.” How great is that we have a God who cares about honoring us with His blessing, but what sticks out to me is that we are to “keep traveling steadily along his pathway,” His. His pathway, not Amanda’s pathway. His pathway. So although I might have truly wanted God’s blessing and a yes in that situation, He gave me a no. That was His pathway for me life. So now I must learn to continue to seek His pathway and to keep trusting Him even when He says no. Because in “due season” we will be honored and blessed. I hope you take some time to reflect in whatever aspect of your life that God maybe saying no to you, and yes it might be painful, it was for me, but there is peace in trusting and believing that God has something better in mind for you.

God bless you and have a great week ahead of you.

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