the TIME IN-BETWEEN TRAGEDY & TRIUMPH
What do you do when you’ve found yourself in-between yesterday’s tragedy and tomorrow’s triumph? I cannot tell you what to do, but please allow me to share what God graced me to do; and hopefully that will be the inspiration you need to get through.First off, you cannot worry about the time you will spend waiting in-between tragedy and triumph, knowing that God is always working even while we’re waiting. You see, when you think too hard about time, time can seriously get in the way and actually feel like it’s slowing down. But when you think about the One who holds the time, you begin to add legs to time because there’s no such thing as “dead time” when you’re operating out of eternal time. The goal is to "be still"--yet still moving, trusting that God will move when it is absolutely best for you. Next, you cannot dwell on the past, for what’s done is done. And if you look back in regret, you will not be able to move forward into grace; because what you do today will surely affect your tomorrow before it has even begun. Yesterday’s tragedy and tomorrow’s triumph are certainly interrelated, but it’s only in the present where faith can be regulated and your life can be liberated. Finally, but not entirely, you shouldn’t attempt to look too far down the road. I’m not saying don’t cast your vision, but I am saying don’t let your idea of the vision to cast you. Because when it’s all said and done, it may not look like what you envisioned, and if things start to go in a different direction, then your vision must be flexible enough to take on a new perception. For yesterday’s tragedy to turn into tomorrow’s triumph, it is mandatory to have today’s trust. And that’s exactly the secret to keep you from past regret and future fret, it’s living in present trust.In the “time of in-between” that most would call waiting, God’s economy desires us to use the in-between time as training. And that’s what I recommend you do if you ever find yourself in-between yesterday’s tragedy and tomorrow’s triumph. Live in today’s trust!
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