God Will Provide the Blessing

So I write this post as I am dozing off from being up since 5:00 in the morning for deer hunting. As I was sitting in the hunting blind this morning I was having my own little church service. I mean how can it get any better than sitting out in nature, hearing God's Creation come to life as the sun rises? As I was trying to focus those lazy eyes and wiggle warmth back into my toes and fingers, I asked God to provide the reward of the day if He would. Now after sitting for about 5 hours with nothing but a short glimpse of a handsome buck that continued to move on too quickly and just out of grasping range, I returned with no prize. Now why would I bore you with such an uninteresting story? Because I believe no matter where we are: talking to God from a church pew, in the car, or a hunting blind; He answers back. Perhaps not in the way we wish or expect but He does. Today, I believe He told me to be patient. Not everything is going to come right when I want it to. I may even get a glimpse of the blessing or the goal I'm after but that doesn't mean the time is right or maybe it's not what I need at all. I believe He used the opportunity this morning to teach me a valuable lesson. Sometimes I feel as if my dreams and aspirations have come to a screeching halt. They flickered by quickly and were swiftly gone. I ask God to provide and to make a way, but maybe I'm missing something. Perhaps He has a greater plan at work and He needs me to simply pause and stop waiting for Him to just give me what I want when I want it. I need to stop waiting for my goals to be achieved and ask Him to achieve His goals for me. He will bring me the real prize that I need at the exact time I need it. I think sometimes we place so much weight on what we want to get out of life that we forget to ask God what He wants us to get out of life. He calls us to do things and gives us aspirations but they are not to become more important than Him. They are His blessing and He will provide when He knows we are ready for it. It may not be in the way we dreamt or planned but it will be even better because when we let Him fill our desires, it will satisfy us like no other. So let's take every day as a day to hear Him speak to us, even if it's just the silence of being still and knowing He's got a plan always and He will provide for His children.