I think God might be trying to tell me not to hurry through the process. I’m in a season of career transition, and of course I want that season to be as short as possible. I want to be employed again. I actually want to go to work and put in 8 hours.

In the past, I’ve been tempted to rush through seasons like this. I’m so focused on the blessing at the end that I miss the lesson in the middle. Could it be that I’m too future-focused to hear what God is speaking to me in the present?

Times like these make me wonder if I truly trust in God or merely in His provisions. It’s easy to believe when you have everything you want. It’s also easy to get complacent and to find that familiarity that breeds contempt. It’s easy to take for granted what you once prayed for and forget how you begged God for the things you barely notice anymore.

I don’t want to rush ahead of God in frenetic activity. I also don’t want fear and anxiety to paralyze me into doing nothing. I want to be exactly where God wants me for as long as God wants me there until I have that blessed truth that He’s teaching me.

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.