Many,
O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us no one can recount to you;
were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.
The things you planned for us no one can recount to you;
were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.
Psalm
40:5 NIV
I
have big dreams. Dreams that only God could accomplish. I just read on Beth
Moore’s blog: “If we look around our lives and
we have everything we need, then we may need to live a bigger life and set better
goals.” (http://blog.lproof.org/
Anybody Get a Word? June 4,
2012) But it brings up a good point: where is the balance between contentment
and holy discontent?
I
am content with my children, and being a homemaker, and quilting and cleaning
and cooking. But I want more: I want to travel the world and teach the Bible
and feed the hungry and hold the orphans.
I
am content with my church: its school-building sanctuary, 150-member body, crackling
sound system, and one-pastor leadership. But I want more! A big, beautiful
building that invites our wealthy community in the door, so we can introduce
them to Jesus. A pastoral team, whose combined gifts are greater than the sum
of all of them, who might lighten the load of our dear pastor. In-ear
technology, so the praise team can “play skillfully” and lead us into worship
without the distractions to their finely tuned musical ears. More life groups
for couples. More people serving. New believers, weekly. Salvations. Healing. Deliverance.
Hope. Joy. Peace. Jesus.
How
do we live this life with contentment, yet long for more?
We
wait on the Lord. We wait on the Lord to fill our mouths with His provision. We
wait on the Lord to accomplish our dreams. We wait on the Lord to do things we
could never do on our own. We wait on the Lord.
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.
Psalm
27:13-14
