The Land of “For Now”…

The six of us quickly made our way through the free coffee and hot cocoa line and settled into a row in our usual section at Warehouse 242. We soon learned that the Power of Hope series was intercepted and Pastor Bruce was suddenly benched due to an injury.

Plan B: Endure a prerecorded sermon on the big screens from a worship series two years ago. I’m down.

It was titled “The Land Between” where the motto always began or ended with “for now” such as, “I’m living with my parents… for now.” The sermon immediately began to sink in. Six college students anxious about their last semester in architecture school, finding jobs and/or being accepted into grad schools, one might say the message was appropriate.

In the Land Between the soil is extremely fertile for complaint.

It’s really easy to let stress and circumstance during this transitional period eat away our gratitude and replace it with bitterness and dissatisfaction, leading to resentment towards God and/or the people in our lives. As humans we are programmed to reject when times are tough or not ideal.

However, the sermon also discussed how the same soil is also fertile for growth.

It is here, in the unknown, where we will be tested over and over again until we come out, hopefully, better, stronger individuals. I’ve been stumbling across this land for a couple years now and my lack of intuitive navigation skills certainly hasn’t benefited my attempt at escape. So, for now, I must endure the obstacles and follow God’s voice. I’m learning to trust day by day and I hope I’m prepared for what’s coming this year.

For now I will practice patience.

For now I will focus on immediate goals.

For now I will grow in peace and faith, trusting God to strengthen me.

I will accept everything I don’t know… for now.

 

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