The Christmas season and New Years always fills me with awe and wonder.
Everyone is smiles, hopeful, and goal orientated. I have been reflecting more on hope and aspirations of late. I recently attended a basketball game and was observing a little 3-4 year old boy bouncing his basketball in between games. He kept throwing it into the air at the hoop daunting several feet above and there was no way he was EVER going to get it in, he just didn't have the muscle, skill, or height. But he kept enthusiastically trying. I knew one day as he grew, practiced and still aimed to accomplish this task he surely will do it. I thought about life, just in general and how often we run out of enthusiasm and stop trying, stop hoping, dreaming and aspiring. Time. Timing is everything. There is a reason for the verse (Eccl.3:1-8) 'For everything there is a season' God knew it *duh*.
We may not always 'know' the season for a task in which it will be accomplished, but we can train, prepare and aspire.
This brings me to the subject of prayer. I have seen prayers, huge 'impossible' prayers, answered. Did they take days, weeks, or months?!
No,as a matter fact one big prayer took a 2-3 years. It was answered in God's timing.
Was it always done with perfect consistency with audacity on my part?
Nope,but I kept chugging along and it would start to be come apart of my daily prayer, but because I knew the promises of the word it was done with hope and faith.
In His timing and in His way, I only need faith to move the mountian.
God is faithful, good and just. He knows the desires of my heart and the plan for His children.
God doesn't always answer and do life according to what I have in my mind, or when I would want. But He gives me peace and assurance while in the midst of it all.
This beginning year. Before you have a chance to get down out, write out small weekly or monthly goals to accomplish and then only a couple yearly goals to accomplish.
Prayer over them, seek after Christ.
Boldly pursue your goals as God leads and opens doors.
They could be the small ones like clean and organize apart of the house/room this month.
Or as big as job change, the typical get healthy lose weight/get in shape goal (always a good one), or even launch an idea as a business this year...etc...
God doesn't give our hearts desires without cause, but ALWAYS pray and seek God first.
Heart checks and pure intent/motive are always important.
God cares about the little things too.
I feel like people tend to lean toward God only caring about important big things, but that isn't true.
I get excited to know that He cares. He cares about my dreams, the silly and aspirational ones.
He cares about my fears. He care about my goals I set.
He cares about them because He cares about me/you!
Life isn't perfect and we as humans are very obviously not perfect.
So lets flourish into what God intended and aspire to get stuff done!
