When I was a little girl, my grandfather brought home the most adorable puppy; black fur with light brown eyebrows and that puppy energy. Every time I visited, I asked if he’d given the puppy a name. After having the dog for weeks, he told me he’d finally named the dog: “Yet”. I asked why he named the dog “Yet,” certainly not a typical pet name. He replied, “everyone keeps asking me if I’ve named him yet, so I named him Yet.”
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “yet” is defined as: up to now, so far, continuously up to the present, in the future, still to come.
When God says wait, I become impatient. I want to reach the next destination – and quickly. I don’t often see the links between my past steps and where I’m going. I don’t live continuously up to the present, trusting that each step is taking me to what is still to come. I struggle to trust God and his plans for what is still to come in my life.
Perhaps, though, if I answered to the call of “yet,” I’d walk forward in hope. I’d be better able to trust in God. I’d know that my “not yet” is leading to God’s “better yet”.
Do you have a life that answers to the call of “yet”?
When you tune your life into God’s lead, you begin to see the threads that connect your past to your present. You see how God has been able to use even your wrong turns and disobedience to guide you to where you are. Every step will be made useful, every experience will shape who you are to become.
All your steps will yet make sense…
When you feel stuck and unable to move forward, maybe you need to acknowledge there is still work to be done here. More healing, more learning, more experience, more dreaming. God may have a reason for keeping you where you are, so figure out why you’re in this place and make the most of it.
There is work yet to be done…
If you haven’t yet arrived, then there must be more to come. Take hope that you are still becoming, still stepping into your call, still finding your way. The best is yet to come. As you continue to journey closer to God, finding your faith, developing that closer relationship with Jesus, learning to fully trust in God, you will find more strength, peace, love, forgiveness, hope, joy, and purpose than you ever knew.
Your life’s purpose is yet to be fully realized…
We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! 1 Corinthians 13:12 (MSG)
Trust in God’s “yet still,” to take all of who you have been and transform it into who you will become. If you’re in the “not yet,” maybe you’re still in the transformation. Submit to “yet” and be the clay in the potter’s hands. Trust that “not yet” will lead you to “better yet.”
Learning to trust God with your life is no easy feat. Yet, it may be the best thing you can do for your life. If you’re struggling to trust God in the storms of your life, not sure God can really help with your troubles or don’t know where to even begin, I invite you to join the Trusting God study.
Trusting God is a 4-week devotional to help you learn to trust God through the storms of your life. Through these 4 weeks, you’ll learn to trust God and discover his peace and strength through the storms in your life.
Click here to learn more about the Trusting God study!
This post is part of the “Imagine God’s Possible” series. For more information or to read other posts in the series, click here: Dream the Impossible… Imagine God’s Possible
When God Says Wait – 3 Reasons to Trust God – Prayer & Possibilities
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “yet” is defined as: up to now, so far, continuously up to the present, in the future, still to come.
When God says wait, I become impatient. I want to reach the next destination – and quickly. I don’t often see the links between my past steps and where I’m going. I don’t live continuously up to the present, trusting that each step is taking me to what is still to come. I struggle to trust God and his plans for what is still to come in my life.
Perhaps, though, if I answered to the call of “yet,” I’d walk forward in hope. I’d be better able to trust in God. I’d know that my “not yet” is leading to God’s “better yet”.
Do you have a life that answers to the call of “yet”?
When you tune your life into God’s lead, you begin to see the threads that connect your past to your present. You see how God has been able to use even your wrong turns and disobedience to guide you to where you are. Every step will be made useful, every experience will shape who you are to become.
All your steps will yet make sense…
When you feel stuck and unable to move forward, maybe you need to acknowledge there is still work to be done here. More healing, more learning, more experience, more dreaming. God may have a reason for keeping you where you are, so figure out why you’re in this place and make the most of it.
There is work yet to be done…
If you haven’t yet arrived, then there must be more to come. Take hope that you are still becoming, still stepping into your call, still finding your way. The best is yet to come. As you continue to journey closer to God, finding your faith, developing that closer relationship with Jesus, learning to fully trust in God, you will find more strength, peace, love, forgiveness, hope, joy, and purpose than you ever knew.
Your life’s purpose is yet to be fully realized…
Trust in God’s “yet still,” to take all of who you have been and transform it into who you will become. If you’re in the “not yet,” maybe you’re still in the transformation. Submit to “yet” and be the clay in the potter’s hands. Trust that “not yet” will lead you to “better yet.”
Learning to trust God with your life is no easy feat. Yet, it may be the best thing you can do for your life. If you’re struggling to trust God in the storms of your life, not sure God can really help with your troubles or don’t know where to even begin, I invite you to join the Trusting God study.
Trusting God is a 4-week devotional to help you learn to trust God through the storms of your life. Through these 4 weeks, you’ll learn to trust God and discover his peace and strength through the storms in your life.
Click here to learn more about the Trusting God study!
This post is part of the “Imagine God’s Possible” series. For more information or to read other posts in the series, click here: Dream the Impossible… Imagine God’s Possible