Hey everyone, I know its been a while since I posted anything. I just wanted to take the time out to encourage some of you who are on this journey with me as well. I too have been waiting for interviews and it just seemed like everyday was getting more and more discouraging. But through it all I knew that God had a plann and I knew that if it was his will for me to get into medical school it would happen. Even if you applied to fifteen schools and get rejected to fourteen. Just remember all you need is one yes. I wrote something not too long ago and I wanted to share it with you guys who are still waiting as a means of encouragement. After several months of waiting God has opened the door and I was invited for an interview January 30. So there is still hope folks. Just keep trusting him. He did not bring us this far to leave us. Here is the devotion. Hope it is a blessing. Also, keep me in prayer as I will do the same for you!
Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius-Georges-Louis Leclerc
There comes a time during everyone's Christian walk when you start to feel tired and weary. Everything around you seems to be going totally opposite from the way you thought it would. You begin to feel like God is not listening to your prayers. You make your requests known to God but it feels like everyone around you is being blessed but you. You ask God for a companion, but your friend gets engaged. You ask God for a job, but your friend gets promoted. You ask God for help into graduate school school, but your friend gets accepted to several schools and now has to decide which one to go to. At that point, you begin to ask God, "Lord what am I doing wrong? Am I missing something. I feel like you are blessing everyone else but me. At this point God, I feel like I am going to throw in the towel." My dear friends, I want to encourage you today by reminding you that God is always on time. There is a lesson that God is trying to teach you and without this process you just might miss it. You need this season more than this season needs you. The Lord is saying to someone today that your due season is soon at hand. Tie that knot just a little tighter and keep holding on. Im getting ready to bless you like I have never blessed you before. But before I do, I need you to stay in the fire just a little longer. I need you to be refined and come out as pure gold.
It is during these times when God wants us to depend on him the most that we depend on him the least. We run to everyone and everything else but him. Im encouraging you to TRUST in him alone. The same promise that he gave to Paul is the same promise he is giving you:"My grace s sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness (2Chorinthians 12:9)" So my dear friends, when you get the urge to give up, press on a little further. When you feel like this race is too hard to endure remember "The race is not given to the swift nor strong; victory belongs to those who keep on keeping on."
I leave you with this folks, God is not a man that he should ever lie. You may not understand what he is doing. Things may make no sense at all, Trust him anyway. He knows the beginning and the end. He is the God who holds your future. He is the same God today, yesterday and forever more. His promises will never go void. So today, instead of drowning in your despair, tell God "Lord I will not let go until you bless me."
Power Verses:
Psalm 16:5- Lord you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
Psalm 142:3- When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way
Prayer of the day: Dear heavenly father, you bless those who praise your name and delight in your commands. Lord in the midst of the turmoil, I will not be shaken for my heart remains steadfast trusting in you and your overall plan for my life. I want to remain firmly grounded as I overcome the daily obstacles common to all. Help me to learn the valuable lessons along the way as I press on toward the goal for which you have called me heavenward. In Jesus name, Amen