“’Having kids’ is not an event, not a project. It’s a process.”

A thought by Steven Furtick, (2016-03-01) from his book, (UN)Qualified: How God Uses Broken People to Do Big Things (p. 117). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Steven says, “God could have created us as fully formed humans. We could have started somewhere around forty years old. That seems like a nice spot, don’t you think? We would have some wisdom, but we wouldn’t have arthritis. But instead, he put us in the world in a state of complete dependency. Why? Because he’s a God of process.”

He goes on, “The same holds true for our spiritual walk. When we put our faith in Jesus, that wasn’t the closing ceremony. It wasn’t the finish line. It didn’t mean that from that moment on we would think, walk, talk, and act exactly like Jesus. That may sound obvious, but I’ve met a lot of people who expect to come out of the phone booth with an S on their chests following their salvation experience.”

No, even at 68, I’m still in the process. God is still working on me. I’m glad he is.

Colossians 2: 6– 7 says, “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

Steven says, “We received Jesus at a particular point in time. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Now we need to continue in him. Live in him. Be rooted and built up in him. Be strengthened in our faith in him. Sometimes we worry because we don’t seem to be changing fast enough. We look at the failures and weaknesses that plague us, and we get frustrated. Why can’t we get better faster? Wouldn’t we be more useful to God? Wouldn’t we be more qualified to follow him and serve him? But when it comes to fixing us, God has his own timetable.”

So don’t give up, just continue in the journey. And don’t forget, what you are going through right now is a part of the process.

So how’s your patience, how’s your trust?

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