One of the most important things I have learned about God is that He is not a wish granting machine. His heart does not completely leap with joy when we approach Him at the end of our day and instead of praising him, communicating with Him, opening our hearts to Him, we instead wish the many pitiful and grave desires of our hearts. Don't get me wrong, part of being in an open conversation with God is expressing the desires of our hearts. However, I feel it is incredibly important to approach God with our thankfulness and our praise before listing the often random and scattered things that we choose to ask for. God knows the desires of our hearts, He knows the things we long for, our hopes and dreams. Our God first and foremost deserves our praise, our awe, and our reverence. Let us have faith enough to converse with God without simply listing requests of Him, while still having faith that He will provide.
It is so crucial to have faith in His plans and His ways, and these are often not the desires of our hearts. I desired to be living in Washington right now. I desired to be engaged right now. I desired to have my life figured out, a job in line by now. But that wasn't God's plan, that isn't his plan. Yet I must wait on His perfect will, which is far greater that I could have imagined and wished of Him.
It is so crucial to have faith in His plans and His ways, and these are often not the desires of our hearts. I desired to be living in Washington right now. I desired to be engaged right now. I desired to have my life figured out, a job in line by now. But that wasn't God's plan, that isn't his plan. Yet I must wait on His perfect will, which is far greater that I could have imagined and wished of Him.