Trust the Process
A therapeutic term used in counseling a lot is: "trust the process."
It's hard sometimes to do because everyone wants immediate results. At times, it does seem laborious going through the process, but every step helps gain more understanding and recovery. But because we live in a "microwave world" where everything is zapped, and shortcuts are preferred, it is very difficult to sit still and wait for things to simmer.
God asks us to wait and let things simmer while He is working when we pray and ask Him to intervene in our lives and to work in both our relationships and circumstances. He asks us to lean in and learn to trust in the process of allowing Him to do what He needs to do in the areas of our lives and relationships that we have asked Him to work and move in.
God always has our back. He always knows best. Look to these words of guidance and encouragement from Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT):
"Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seck His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
Real Life can hit hard, and the Shortcuts preferred, and difficult-to-sit-still parts mentioned above are a reality!
I recently experienced this myself when my husband was dropping me off at the airport to catch a flight to San Antonio, where I was headed for a speaking engagement. When my husband drives me to the airport, he always parks in short-term parking, walks me in to make sure everything's all right, hugs me goodbye, and off he goes.
I arrived to my gate and texted Steve to let him know how unusually full the gate area was, and he texted back that he could not start the car and asked if I had the alternate key fob in my purse. I called him back and said yes, but that they had already started loading with group one. Steve said, "Susan, why don't you run to the exit stairs going to baggage claim and throw me the key fob?"
I don't know what came over me, but I started running while at the same time talking on the phone saying that I was going to miss the plane. I got to the security line, threw the key fob and as my arm came forward in the throwing process, the alarm went off, the security officer started yelling at the top of her lungs that I had left the building and had to go re-enter and go back through security once again. I was completely dumbfounded and shocked, as well as knowing I would now miss the plane.
I opened my mouth to speak, and she began yelling the same words back to me and I knew there was absolutely nothing I could do except…Trust the Process.
I began praying repeatedly... God Only You ... because, of course, the line going through security was very long. I got through nonetheless and began running like an Olympic runner to my gate and was the last "non-American Airline employee* on that plane.
I know real life can hit hard. Sometimes simmering is waiting while God is growing, teaching, revealing, and doing things that only He can do in the waiting process. Other times, trusting the process, like my situation, was totally letting go of something I absolutely had no control over whatsoever and letting God work the outcome.
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