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Not Right Now

I have uttered these words countless times to my children when they were small and demanding something. It’s a phrase that bought me time to redirect them. Sometimes the thing they wanted happened later, and sometimes it didn’t. Either way, I had given them a temporary answer to ease their eagerness.

The last week has been a “not right now” time for me. God has a plan for Unbroken & Undone. I wish I were walking in that dream. But, for reasons only He knows, it hasn’t happened. Yet.

Yet is a very powerful word. It can change the whole trajectory of a thought process from one of hopeless to anticipation. 

-I don’t know what’s going to happen… yet.
-Things are not working the way I thought they would… yet.
-My God dreams haven’t come true… yet.

When we change our perspective to “not yet,” we release the anxiety of the unknown and begin to live in anticipation. We can “distract” ourselves with what God wants us to do now while we wait for our “yet.”

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. (Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

Ultimately, is your desire to please God? If you hesitate to answer this question, then it isn’t. God has gifted each of us with His divine power to work for Him wherever He calls us. For some, that means crossing the globe to share the gospel. For others, it means crossing the street to encourage a neighbor. For me, it means working well in the capacity He has placed me until His timing is perfect for my “yet.”

© Jill Cook and Unbroken & Undone Ministries.  All rights reserved.

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