Psalm 52:5 God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living.

When I read verses like this I am both encouraged and discouraged!

I am encouraged to know God thinks of little old me in such a big way that He is willing to change so much just to make sure I know Him and His ways.

I am discouraged to know there are people who are willing to throw it all away just to get their own way instead of aligning themselves with God.

God’s ways are good whereas our own desires and ways are inherently corrupt. Trust God.

Psalm 37:34 Wait on the Lord, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Waiting for someone who is late is hard work. Do you wait a little bit longer in the hope they will turn up or do you give in and make your own plans?

We may well feel like this in our lives and walks with God when we do not see things happening as quickly as we want them to happen; but being patient with God will build character.

God knows how much we will take, knows what will make us stronger and knows what will break us. Do not give up on God because He is constantly working for you in the background when you least expect it!

Zephaniah 3:8 “Therefore wait for Me,” says the Lord, “Until the day I rise up for plunder; My determination is to gather the nations To My assembly of kingdoms, To pour on them My indignation, All My fierce anger; All the earth shall be devoured With the fire of My jealousy.

God has a plan for each one of us in our lives and His plan has been in place from the beginning. We need to stop and listen for Him to find out when and where He is calling us.

God has already planned how to defeat our enemies and how to get us into the best position to prosper; we just have to trust Him!

Trusting in God can be difficult when we cannot see how He is going to win the fight with us. Trusting Him can be very difficult when all we have seen is destruction and failure. Trusting in Him can be difficult when we have lost too much.

Setting aside our pride and accepting His will in our lives allows us to move forward with Him.