Arrow
You may have seen a movie with this scene.
The hero is facing a beast, in this case, a dragon, they have one shot with their weapon of choice, a bow.
The hero nocks the arrow to the bow and waits, sighting the best moment to release the shot to allow it to do its job, to slay the beast.
This scene can be found in many movies, sometimes it's bow and arrow, sometimes it's a ballista. In the modern version, it is a sniper's rife, and the dragon is the evil mastermind who desires to take over the world.
In any iteration of this, the audience is watching the hero and keeping a wary eye on the target. The projectile itself is not the focus of attention. No one is concerned about the arrow, except that it hit the target. One arrow is pretty much the same as another, it's the skill of the one who fires it that matters.
Which is fine, assuming you are not the arrow!
But what if you are? What if you are the instrument being used by the wielder, how do you react?
Waiting on God can be hard, he doesn't move according to our time, his agenda is often far more long-term than the human existence would care to admit.
Wisdom may be served if we choose to view our selves as this arrow in the scenario just described.
If God releases us to early, we miss the target, so he waits, and releases us at the perfect moment to achieve his will, and slay the dragon.
If in moments of waiting on God, in the frustration which can accompany that, we look and centre ourselves, we may find that we can see the bigger picture and know that in his timing God has prepared us perfectly to achieve the task, he isn't inactive, he is sighting his mark.
The hero is facing a beast, in this case, a dragon, they have one shot with their weapon of choice, a bow.
The hero nocks the arrow to the bow and waits, sighting the best moment to release the shot to allow it to do its job, to slay the beast.
This scene can be found in many movies, sometimes it's bow and arrow, sometimes it's a ballista. In the modern version, it is a sniper's rife, and the dragon is the evil mastermind who desires to take over the world.
In any iteration of this, the audience is watching the hero and keeping a wary eye on the target. The projectile itself is not the focus of attention. No one is concerned about the arrow, except that it hit the target. One arrow is pretty much the same as another, it's the skill of the one who fires it that matters.
Which is fine, assuming you are not the arrow!
But what if you are? What if you are the instrument being used by the wielder, how do you react?
Waiting on God can be hard, he doesn't move according to our time, his agenda is often far more long-term than the human existence would care to admit.
Wisdom may be served if we choose to view our selves as this arrow in the scenario just described.
If God releases us to early, we miss the target, so he waits, and releases us at the perfect moment to achieve his will, and slay the dragon.
If in moments of waiting on God, in the frustration which can accompany that, we look and centre ourselves, we may find that we can see the bigger picture and know that in his timing God has prepared us perfectly to achieve the task, he isn't inactive, he is sighting his mark.
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