Did you...yet?

For the past few days I have been trying to get a hold of my sister to see what her flight number is for a trip our family is taking to visit one of my other sisters in San Diego. I emailed, sent a message via myspace, and called a few times. Finally, after calling again today I heard back from her and she told me the flight #. After we chatted for awhile and hung up, I realized that she'd only given me the flight # for her trip to San Diego and I wanted the returning # as well. {By the way, the reason I wanted the numbers is so that I can try to get on the same flight}

So I called her back to get the returning flight # and her seat #s too. When she answered, she asked if I had booked the flight yet and I told her no because I wanted to find out her returning flight # as well. Then since that time at about 4pm this afternoon, I have been extremely busy with getting ready for Life Community plus several other church-related things. I finally headed home at around 10:30 and saw that she had called. Then before I could call her back, the phone was ringing again and it was her again! She asked if I had booked the flight yet. I said, "No, not yet! I've been really busy this afternoon/evening...but I will book it eventually- no worries! Either we'll get on the same flight or we won't!"

Later, as I thought about the happenings of the day, I smiled as I thought of my sister and the "phone tag" we have played over the past few days. For some reason unknown to myself, the Lord gave me an application for the whole experience. I thought about how the Lord often tries to get our attention in order to help us. He works in our lives to "get a hold of us." He desires to hear back from us and when He does not hear from us in awhile, He wishes we'd contact Him. He longs for us to want to hear Him speak. Like my sister took her time getting back to me with in these recent happenings, we take our time getting back to God. We do not realize the importance of His "call" on our lives. We say, "Oh, I'll talk to Him later." Then when we finally do get in touch with Him, usually all we want is answers. We ask Him, "Did you...yet?" We wonder how He's gonna work things out. We fret and think that He'll miss the mark or mess things up in some way. He says to us, "I've been working all along. No worries! Things will work out the way they are meant to be." "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." "Trust me."

In the past few weeks, the Lord has been calling me away just to sit with Him and rest. It is difficult at times to steal away from friends and activities, but in those quiet moments when it is just God and me, I learn to trust Him. I see that He'll take care of things. He'll work it all out. His heart is good and I have nothing to worry about.

Lord, thank You for wanting me to want You. Increase my desire to know You and love You more. Give me a pure and holy passion for You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.