YKLCC Youth - Cuenca

"Has your life ever become a mere checklist of prayers, asking, and waiting?
Are you in a waiting season?

Maybe you have submitted your application to so many places and companies waiting for them to call you back for employment.
Maybe you are waiting on your dream.
Maybe you are waiting on healing.
Maybe you are waiting on someone.
Maybe you are waiting on your calling.
Maybe you are waiting on a lost family member to come back to faith."

Is this your waiting season? To tell you my friends, oftentimes, during your season of waiting you'll mistook this season as a season of "questioning".

Questioning your life purpose.
Questioning your worth.
Questioning your ability.
Questioning your faith... and even questioning God.

But when you are waiting, God is working and is up to something.
Sometimes, you have to shift your focus and perspective during this season because there's a deep purpose in the waiting.

There are things we can only learn by having to wait. And if you're starting to question yourself and God, may you always remember that you are not being held back. You are not being kept from something. You are not waiting for nothing. But, you are actually being prepared for something. As a matter of fact, there's a lot of things you are not ready for. None of us would disagree that God is wiser than we are.

Sometimes, when we ask God and He doesn't give it to us when we want it, we start to question God. But because we stand that God is wiser than we are, therefore, whatever we are asking him about, surely, He knows the right and the best time for our prayers to happen. Truth is, if we get what we asked ahead of time, we know we won't enjoy it. But if we get it at the right time, we'll get to enjoy it for the rest of our lives.

Sometimes, we unconsciously get so fixated on the destination itself. We are too focused to where and what we want to be, when God, in fact, is more interested in the journey.

Friends, may we understand that there's a reason for waiting. And may we be found faithful in the midst of waiting. As the commandment of God is clear: be patient with all.

And as the scripture says;
"When the time is right I, the Lord will make it happen." [Isaiah 60 : 22]

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Sa buhay, maraming piraso ang kailangan natin para mabuo tayo. Some are the pieces of sorrow and joy, of failure and success, of mistakes and forgiveness but among all the pieces I found, my favorite piece is the 'peace' that comes from above.

Some of us were in the middle of unknown, it's frustrating and depressing but the peace that comes from God is what makes us believe in the power of waiting because if God makes us wait, there's something worth waiting for.

Yes, we may not know what tomorrow might bring, but we know that there's God who'll be with us tomorrow.

For the Lord says in Philippians 1:6, "And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns."

Be patient, God is not finished with you yet. You're still a work in progress. Not by your own efforts but by the hand of God, who knows you.

~Abigail

Deuteronomy 20:4
"For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."

Whatever battles we are facing, wag kang matatakot na harapin yan. Dahil hindi sayo ang laban na yan, sa Diyos yan. Hayaan mong si Lord ang humarap sa mga pagsubok na meron ka. All you have to do is to trust His process. Kumapit ka lang sa kamay Niya at magtiwala sa Kanya, dahil ang nagtitiwala sa Diyos ay siyang nagtatagumpay.

Always remember this: Gaano man kalaki ang problemang kinakaharap mo, mas malaki pa rin ang Diyos na handang magtanggol sa'yo.

"Be still and know that I am God" - Psalms 46:10

~Nicah