Mentors

 God has been revealing to me how important it is to have mentors in your life.   He revealed to me at the end of last spring that I needed to get a mentor.   I had been trying to set up some mentorship meetings with pastor John Eastham in the summer.   We started meeting the past few weeks discussing a wide range of topics.  The first week, we discussed what specifically we were going to meet in regards in our meeting.  The second week,  we discussed what I had been reading in the book of Mark.  Last week, we discussed a few things God has been doing in my life and he gave me advice on a wide range of things.  

God's timing in my life

 God has been reminding me lately how important it is to trust him in his timing.   His timing is does not occur in our own human terms.   There are various examples in the Bible of people that waited a long time to serve God.   Paul had to through is time of trial and he was in the Arabian desert before he could serve God.   Jesus was tempted by Satan before he started his ministry.   Moses heard the cries of the Hebrew people and went through his own time of waiting before he could serve God.  

Pastor John told me this week that God has been where I am for a specific purpose.   I just have to trust that God knows what he is doing during this specific time in my life.   He wants me to wait on him and his leading in my life.   Isiah 40:31 says those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength,  they shall mount up wings like eagles, run and not grow weary, and walk and not grow faint.   This means that God can renew us as we rely on his word and depend on him.   He gives us strength when we are tired of certain circumstances.   Lastly,  he gives us strength when times are hard in our life.  

God also calls us to wait on him in the Psalms 46:10.   Waiting on God is an example of one who is dependent on God.   When we wait on him,  it shows our need for God and our ultimate desperate dependence on him for everything.   It shows people around us that we can trust him for everything in our life.   Lastly,  when we wait on God it helps us abide in him for all we need; John 15:5.