893 Delay of Destiny

God has a plan for your life, and we are told it is a good plan. Knowing God specifically created me for a plan that is radically good leaves me feeling both incredibly hopeful, and slightly panicked. What if I missed his plan? What if I screwed it up? What if I was supposed to go right and I went left? What if my past failures have disqualified me from future offerings? Do you feel the same way? Slightly panicked trying to ensure you’re fulfilling these good plans for your life on the right path? Well, you haven’t missed it. Now, you may have been detouring and delaying, but you haven’t missed it. You may have wasted some major opportunities while you were sitting it out, but the Coach still wants you in the game to play this thing, so get yourself in there girl! Now that I’m in my mid-40’s, I’m understanding what a mid-life crisis is. I once red a book that describes a man’s mid-life crisis as the red corvette in the driveway. Now I can’t see a man in a red corvette without having a giggle. Was this his scramble to get more out of life after realizing he may have been wasting his previous years? Is this his attempt to stay young and rewind time a bit? Or is it simply a man who worked hard his whole life and can finally afford the nice car he always wanted? That same book said a woman’s mid-life crisis could be starting a new career, running a marathon and going sky-diving. Check, check and check. Looking back, I see what I missed, and I don’t want to miss an ounce of it again. At this age, I now have eyes that continually search for where God is leading me. It’s the result of some wasted years with my head stuck in the sand. It’s the result of seeing exactly what God can do and being freaking hungry for more of that in my life. Is that where you are? Hungry for what God can do? Searching for where God is leading you? Have you lived long enough to know you can get caught in the rat race and miss the whole point of being alive? Why are we racing anyway? You do know the finish line is death, right? You’re rushing for this to all be over, and one day it will be, and guess what … you would give anything to go back to this season of life where you are now. You have things today that one day you will only wish for again. Don’t miss it while it’s here. What if where you are today is all part of that good plan you’re seeking? What if this is exactly where you’re supposed to be? What if being here fully in this phase of your life is the key to stepping into the next phase with more contentment and less regret? What if God’s good plans for you require you to be still here for a moment and quit worrying about the future? What if you’re standing right in the middle of greatness but you’ve been choosing to rush through it? You don’t have to chase in desperation what God has for your destiny. If he has it for you, it’s there. Calm down girl. Look at the story of Joseph. A faithful man with a crap family that sold him into slavery because they were jealous of him. That didn’t stop God’s good plans for him. Genesis 39:2 “The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did.” This was AFTER becoming a salve. Yes, he had unfortunate things happen to him, but he couldn’t get away from God’s blessings. Everywhere he went, God blessed him with success. Soon his master recognized Joseph’s blessing and put him in charge of his entire house. Destiny. But then his master’s wife became attracted to him and tried to seduce him. When he resisted, she became enraged and turned the story to say he tried to rape her. This landed Joseph in prison. Now some would say life wasn’t fair to Joseph. Bad things kept happening to him. People kept betraying him.