How many times have you made an impulse buy only to have buyers remorse later? What about planning and planning for a purchase or a vacation or something only to find out your finely detailed plan missed a thing or two that's now throwing a monkey wrench in your program. Yep, I've been there a time or hundred.
We're looking to buy a house this year. I've been planning it for about 2 years now. My original plan was to begin looking sometime around now or next month with an eye on moving sometime in June. HOWEVA, I made a classic mistake--started looking way too soon. Some things opened up in December and I figured I'd take a look, "just to get a gauge for what's out there." I had a plan of course. It was well thought out and this was just a look and see type thing. As with all major decisions, I took it to prayer. Knowing I'm getting God involved increases the success--as long as I don't screw it up. We started looking in December and kicked it up a notch in January. We found 2 VERY nice homes we liked--a lot. Timing wasn't right. We're still under contract where we're leasing and while both houses are still in the same school district, the busing issue is also a factor. We've had some family issues to take care of (and some are still on going). To top is all off we hit a snag with financing.
Looking at all these things popping up, it had me thinking "why am I rushing my time table for something so big? Didn't I take it to prayer? Surely God would have answered me by now?" Fact is God's been there all along. The timings not right--how do I know? Because God's plan is perfect. His timing is perfect. It's never late or wrong--truth. MY timing and actions were flawed. I got caught up in the here and now and not focused on what He has in store for me. This "issues popping up" were God's way of telling me now is not the time.
We hear people say all the time "Let go and let God." For those of faith, it's easy to take it to prayer--comes natural. The problem comes when we put our time table ahead of God's. When we put our plan ahead of God's. Then we wonder why our plan didn't work? We question whether God is answering our prayers. Reality is we didn't "let it go." That's a hard thing to do if you don't know how. I'm still learning myself how to get out of my own way and let God guide me. It's like standing on top of a ledge and falling backwards into someone else's arms. If it's a good friend (and they're not trying to play a joke on you) they'll catch you. You wouldn't try this with a complete stranger or someone you haven't established a good repore with would you? Same thing with God. You have to develop and have a good relationship with God--know what He expects from you--and do it. When you have that understanding and they repore it makes those leaps of faith that much easier to do.
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