Restless

You want to be obedient to God’s plan; and say “yes” to the things He calls you to do....you get excited about them. You get so fired up that it starts becoming a restless feeling which can lead to impatience.  And then suddenly—though well-intentioned and innocently enough—God’s plans become our plans.

And you start entertaining the thoughts of "Why should we wait?" Maybe God’s plan is flawed or He’s just busy. "Why can’t we just solve the problem ourselves?"

Sarai, tired of waiting for God to carry out His plan and blaming Him for the delay, decided, as we all so often do, to take matters into her own hands. - “The Lord has kept me from having children… perhaps I can build a family….”  (Genesis 16:2, NIV). 

Hence, Ishmael ....

This—this distrust for God’s plan and His timing, this need to take control, this manipulation of circumstances to fit our “needs” instead of His will—this is when disaster happens.

Ladies, He will wait with you if you ask and He will sustain your faith. He will assure you that He is in control. His plan is not ours to figure out.

Allow God to turn your restlessness into rest. Rest in Him.