Restrained Steps

1 Timothy 4:16 (MSG) Keep a firm grasp on both your character and your teaching. Don't be diverted. Just keep at it. Both you and those who hear you will experience salvation.

I am surrounded with friends who are appearing to now walk into their future. I know mine is right in front of me and I want to be careful how I proceed.

It is as if I am being challenged to wait for the unfolding of the gift itself and not rush in. My character is being challenged, severely.

The above scripture along with direction carries a promise. 'you and all who hear you will experience salvation.'

This was written to a young man, Timothy, who was in the faith and zealous for God. Yet, here he is being admonished to be patient and consistent.

It seems in the bring to pass of any dream the are steps that must follow, sequentially, or the provision is missed or dysfunctional.

Today I am applying my artistic skills to do a painting I have been commissioned to do. I have spent time researching colour, form, I have been thinking and allowing my creativity to paint the picture, in my mind's eye.

I have purposefully taken a week to wait and let the vision of what I want to paint grow. I like to paint what I see and when asked to paint something that I did not birth I have to spend time to bring it to pass.

If I can wait for the right picture I can wait for the right life so that my future is right in line with Him, I spent too many years in a dysfunctional relationship to go back to the same.

The message today, restrain yourself and wait!