WEIGHT/WAIT WATCHERS

There are two issues I struggle with on a consistent basis and from recent conversations with others I know I am not alone. These issues actually are two words that sound alike, but of course they have different meanings: weight and wait.

The first issue of  “weight” is not in terms of my body, but actually I am referring to weight in terms of life’s troubles and the fact that I worry a lot. I like to consider myself as “a recovering worrier”. I tend to allow circumstances to cause me to worry so much so that it feels like I am carrying a heavy load. It often hinders me from doing what I know I am supposed to. For me it is a constant struggle not to focus on the don’t haves, the lack of direction, or the absence of an immediate solution.  Sometimes the weight of everything immobilizes me. I know that I must get a grip on this issue. My worrying is a sin. As I try to over come my worry, I find my strength in the scriptures. In Hebrews 12:1 it reads “Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”

The second “wait” issue deals with being patient or holding on until the promise comes to pass. You see just like many others that want to see immediate results, I am in that number. I battle with the “wait” process. I often wonder and occasionally verbalize it to God “How long will it take for You to make good on Your promises in my life?” I know that my waiting is a part of the process. During that time God is developing some things in me. Things I need to grow. “Why do I have to wait?” is a question many ask. Thankfully, the answer in His word. In Isaiah 40:31 it reads “Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary”

I must learn to keep a watchful eye on both my weight/wait issues. I desire to accomplish and to be all that God has promised me. I can’t walk into my destiny if I allow the “weight” of this world to bog me down. I also know that I must learn to “wait” on God to bring to pass the things that He has promised me to do. It is a part of the process I must go through. I am determined to keep pressing on and it is my prayer that you are too! Be encouraged today.