There has to be an order to life.
A plan. A purpose. A goal.
I don’t always see it. But I do
see the process leading to it.
I do not always like the process.
But the process is what produces the end result. Even still I do not like it. I want it to be over - done - finished -
complete. But alas, it is not. There is more work to be done. More changes that need to be made. More development. More maturity. More of Jesus and less of Jeff.
And God uses the thing called process to do this. He refines.
He does what He does best. He
builds, He remodels, He makes, He destroys.
But through it all, He has a plan for the process. And His plan is good, even if it is not by my
standards of goodness.
I can rest in the process, knowing that there is One who is
behind it all making sense out of it all.
I may not know this side of Heaven all of the “why’s” for what He has
done. But I trust that there is a “why”
and I must be okay with that.
Process. Honestly, it is
painful most of the time. But what does
it produce? Purpose. I may not yet see it, but I trust that it is
there.
“Keep me on the process
Lord. Allow me to be submitted to your
loving hands that know best and do what You see is needed to be done. Even when I don’t like it. When it hurts. When I complain. When I want out and off of it, please deal
with me in Your mercy, love, and grace.
Please allow me to see what I need to see and when I need to see
it. And please allow me to rest
confident that You are in control and give me what I need day by day and moment
by moment to stay on the process you have laid out for me. Thank you Lord, In Jesus name I pray. Amen.”
Jeff Powell
