in its due season

I am currently blogging in the airport's boarding room, waiting to fly out to Singapore all by myself. Why am I going to Singapore? Yep, my prayers have been answered. I was finally accepted to SMU (Singapore Management University), the only university that I applied to, despite the tough chance to get in. I'm now going for their Freshmen Camp held from tomorrow till Saturday :)

As I have mentioned in my post earlier, I had gone through a tough process prior to getting this good news. I had to wait long enough, learning to trust God and wait upon the Lord. I wouldn't say that the process was pleasant, but it was very precious. I have come to the point of realization that the process is a Season of Love, because God chastened whom He loved. I am thankful that He is still willing to chasten me, because that simply means that He still loves me and He holds me endeared to His heart. The journey of trusting the Lord has become a living testimony in my life on how faithful God is. When He has not give what He had promised us, it doesn't mean that He failed us. It is not in God's nature to change His mind and become unfaithful, for God is not a man. God fulfills His Promises in His perfect timing, a timing that would never match our carnal knowledge.

God is not bound by any deadline. He does not even live in time. He is able to retrieve what is lost from the past time and redeem it for our present, He is able to work things out. I have come to learn that when we seem to question God about His timing, it is actually our cue to just surrender everything trustfully into His Sovereign Hand. Tommy Tenney once wrote, "God is more interested in developing your character & pursuing His purpose than in meeting any kind of earthly time schedule." Until our dreams are being fulfilled, God is at work in testing and purifying our character, just like Joseph (Psalm 105:19). God will not abandon us, nor He will slack in His Word (2 Peter 3:9). We often find ourselves insecure because we still rely on our strength, thinking, and human possibility; while actually God is at work.

Sometimes, we get tired of waiting. We can't help but question God about His timing. But one illustration Tenney gave is that waiting on God is like waiting for a baby to be born. You don't want to speed up the pregnancy, it won't be good. Waiting on the Lord gives us new strength instead (Isaiah 40:31).

Okay I got my flight called for boarding onto the plane. To be continued next time :)