Leave Room for God

When it pleased God . . . —Galatians

One thing that is very hard to do at times is to be patient and wait for God. We plan and we predict and we do and do and do, but we need to stop and make "elbow room" for God, and let Him move when He chooses to do so. We can always depend on Him to show up, but we should not sit around and predict how He is going to do things. We need to "stay on our toes" and watch for Him, but do not predict or watch for Him to come in a certain way that pleases ourselves. How awesome it will be if we stop predicting and see how great it is when He shows up in a whole new way we never anticipated, but how everything turned out so much better because of it!! God is a mysterious God and can surprise us at any moment, and often we miss this fascinating characteristic about Him. We go along plodding and wondering, when....BAM...there He is, meeting us just where we need Him, not on our time schedule, but Just when He pleased. The most important thing we can do is to constantly keep ourselves in touch with God, so that His power can break through into our lives as He sees fit. "Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in as He decides."


(My Utmost for His Highest-Oswald Chambers)