I will.

Dear Reader,

"The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will bless you and make you famous and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.""- Genesis 12:2-3

Have you ever been in a place where you reached an "I will" season with God?

Let me explain.

Over the past few weeks there have been more frequent nights where I find myself saying, "God...it's three in the morning, can I write this _(insert idea, vision, dream, etc.)_ down in the morning? I do have an 8:50 class You know." The thing is, He does know, but He decides to share with me anyways, when my mind is at ease and quite frankly, most vulnerable.

But here is the problem.

I hold onto those gifts from God, whether an idea, vision, or dream, with the utmost care. I also hold onto them with expectancy of what is to come from them. What He gives me, I not only cannot do in my own effort, but I feel nowhere close to even starting them. I ask God, "Hey...so...what exactly do you want me to do right now? Remember when you told me this? Yeah, that. How is this all going to get off the ground anyways?" The problem is, I start thinking ahead - too far ahead.

I forget that there are still things to be completed and refined right where I am in life, before anything else can begin. Entering into an "I will" season can brew one of these two things: trust or impatience.

An "I will" season is that time when God says, as He did unto Abraham, "I will...," and then proceeds with not telling you all of the details but instead desires you to simply trust Him in how you're going to get there. Occasionally, He may tell us the details in what is ahead. We will at times respond with impatience, and thinking that as I said before, we can do what He has given us in our own effort, because we feel that if we don't "do" something, it won't ever start. In Scripture, the pattern is God's "I wills" tend to proceed the "you wills". What He needs to do must happen first before we put our hands to anything. If we try to do it the other way around, we may have a mess on our hands instead.

Which bring me to this:

Do not hold any disdain or impatience toward what season you are in. No matter what "I wills" God has given you, He said that He will do whatever He has promised because He will, and because He is God.
As Sarah may not have understood how she was going to bear children for Abraham...
As Esther, a Jew, may not have understood how she was going to save her people...
As Jeremiah may not have understood how he was going to become the prophet of nations...

we may not understand how God is going to some of the things He has told us He will do...

but that's the whole point.
He will.
Not us.

Blessings to you dearest readers, and have a fantastic rest of your week.

JB