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Happy Birthday to me.... Happy Birthday to me.... Happy birthday to me blogger.... Happy birthday to meeeeeee……. (DRUM ROLL)

Yes... that's right. It was my birthday a few days ago, on Sunday to be precise. Such a lovely day that was.

I’m very happy to be a year older (giving thanks to God for His faithfulness).

How did I celebrate it?

Well, I did a 140 mile trip to be with my family and it was well worth it… because… I came back with some chocolate cake… loving treat from friends, a wonderful experience with well wishers…. AND an iphone…

So over the past few days, it’s been me and my iphone (lol)

Plans for the year?

As many will say, living life to the fullest is their main priority…. I couldn’t agree more… My main aim is to live my life to the fullest, which is by maximizing every potential within me.
Being the best I can ever be only comes by letting God reveal the reason for my existing. So as I journey through another year, my eyes are gonna be fixed on Him for those exclusive revelations/instructions.

Any Secret?

Hmmnnn…. That required some thought…. I guess there are secrets…. As usual, things I’m doing that are known to me or only a few other people.
I guess with time, everyone will know… so patience is required.

Struggles?

I won’t say struggles but some seemingly unfavorable circumstances have been popping up, but greater is He that is in me that He that is in the world.

Highs?

There were numerous highs in 2007, and 2008 has already started with a bang… my iphone is one of them….
I haven’t worn a wristwatch in a while, (not because I don’t have), but some very good friends decided to decorate my wrist with one… I’m loving it.

Lows?

Fell ill over Christmas for a few hours (lol)….

What next?

Concentrate on the final laps of a 3yr program… Improve in different areas of my life... and rock my way through the year (where’s my guitar)

Closing words:

“Comprehensively contemplating what to do with your time is reminiscent of a couch potato…. Consciously allocating your resources for optimum output is indicative of a goal getter”….

Who are you?

WHILE YOU WAIT

“….Now it came to pass in the process of time…” This is a phrase that is scattered around biblical texts, in different places for different purposes and under different circumstances.

All around us believers are constantly being reminded of the awesomeness of their God with praise worthy glorifications such as “God is never late”… “God is not limited by time”… “God made time but He exists outside of time”… et cetera.
While these are true, the question is "how are we suppose to define time?" and whose time should we follow?

For example, when we say God is never late, how long are you prepared to wait? Before you think…God is now running late.
When you finish work? Before you get married? When you reach a certain age? Or even when you die?
Do we sincerely believe that God is never late and that anytime He shows up is the right time? And more importantly, are we ready to wait?

“Are you ready to wait” is not a question I’m expecting you to answer. As a believer, waiting on God is not an option, unless you’ve decided that you know better than Him, which calls into question the morale of your belief in the first place.
Waiting becomes part of our experience as believers because going by the biblical revelation of God’s view of time (…With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 2 peter 3 vs. 8) it may be quite long.

How about these for facts:
Abraham waited for 25 years from when he received the promise to having Isaac.
Noah waited for 120 years from when he was told to build an ark to the time of the flood.
Children of Israel journeyed 40 years to get to Canaan.
Prophets in the bible prophesied and waited and died before Jesus came.

Now that waiting seems to be everything but child’s play, the focus of this article is

“what do we do while we wait?”

A story in the Old Testament brings this to surface. In exodus, the bible tells of how Moses an Israelite that was raised by the Egyptian king (Pharaoh) killed another Egyptian and Pharaoh the king sought to kill him (Moses) too.

Exodus 2 vs. 15: When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian... "

Later on in verse 23 of the same chapter, we were told that

“Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died”.

By this time Moses had been married and even had a child. He was 40yrs old when He left Egypt, by the time God called him to go back to Egypt, another 40yrs has passed…

Similar stories are represented in the bible where a vision is given but a process of time has to be endured before the vision is accomplished. Interestingly, in some cases, what to do in this process of time remains a mystery.
In Matthew, when Herod sought to kill baby Jesus, the angel directed Joseph and Mary to Egypt to stay there till the people who sought to kill Jesus are dead. We were not told what they’ll do in Egypt and the bible did not record that they were told what they’ll be doing in Egypt either.

How then do we spend the time we have between a revelation or vision or prophecy and its fulfillment?
Also bear in mind that what you do with that time can adversely affect the given vision. Some of the children of Israel forfeited getting into the promise land by their wayward behaviour in the wilderness.

Jesus told a story of conception and birth in Mathew 13 vs. 24-30. A farmer planted his seed, and in the process of time, while waiting for the seed to grow, he (the farmer) slept off and the enemy came to plant weed among the seeds. As Jesus pointed out, getting rid of the weed was not practical again until harvest time, hence the famer had to look after both the seed and the weed, water them, fertilize and nourish them until harvest time. One thing is certain, harvest will come, the vision will be fulfilled, but the yield would have been adversely affected.

How best can we spend our waiting times in the fulfillment of certain visions/promises?

When God says you’ll get a job, is it right for you to just apply for jobs and then eat, sleep, wake up and eat and sleep again?... or while applying for jobs you can improve on different skills that will put you in good working conditions.

I will not be able to directly tell you what you should be doing in every waiting situation but below are things you can keep yourself busy with while you wait for that BIG promise to be fulfilled.

Why not ask God for the things he’ll like you to do while waiting. As earlier said, doing the wrong things while you wait can adversely affect the ultimate promise

(1 peter 4 vs. 2: As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. )

Make yourself available for God to use:

(Ephesians 5 vs. 15 – 16) Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil

Create an atmosphere for growth: A new promise/vision from God is always bigger and better than where you are at the moment. It is expedient that while you wait, you invest into yourself by growing in as many areas of your life as possible.

Have a time of rest: God is interested in how well we look after ourselves. Careless living can limit your productivity.

(Mark 6 vs. 30-32) The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE:

I am in “a process of time” right now in my life, most of us are. My promise is big… very big and because of that, in the past I sometimes just wanted to sit on my backside and wait for it. It’s not because I’m lazy, but because the enemy was trying to make me believe that I can’t progress until I receive it. Lack of progress and the continued waiting led to frustration. BUT
God came to my rescue and He gave me a word concerning my “process of time”.
In Jeremiah 29, God promised the Israelites that were in exile that He’ll come and rescue them after a period 70 years. In the mean time He says

(Jeremiah 29 vs. 4-7) This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 "Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper."

So even in my waiting period, there is a plan for my life… like… getting a wife!!!!!

ALL OF US

We are all waiting for a VERY BIG PROMISE, the 2nd coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Folks, our pilgrimage on earth are the waiting periods that we have. How are you spending this “process of time” that might last for as long as you live? Do you know what God will have you do while you wait?

Remember, what you do in this waiting period can adversely affect the VERY BIG PROMISE…
Are you daily living your life as the bride that the bible says we are, waiting for the king of glory?
The advise for all of us today is….. Live with the end in view…. It helps

HAPPY NEW YEAR