Don't Forsake the Process

The most important thing out of ANY success that must happen is... the process.

The process can be exciting, joyful, tiring, extremely long and tedious, boring, stressful, or even grueling. Yet in all that we have to learn that we can not forsake it. That we can get no where with out it. 

Lately I myself have been trying to get around "the process" and I realized that no matter how hard I try to get around it, it will just lead me right back to staring it dead in the face with little to know progress made. It can be discouraging at times because until you start the process you have almost no clue how the process will go if it will be fast or slow or any of the things I listed above. I was feeling kind of down earlier so I started listening to Bishop T.D. Jakes podcasts on "Stay on Track". I won't say that it lifted my spirits 100% but I can say that it did encourage me and brought my mind to a new perspective when it comes to doing something for God. "The Process".

Like I said earlier you can not forsake the process! You have to take each step at a time. Just like a staircase. Bishop T.D. Jakes put it this way. He explained how when he was younger man that he was not a fan of stairs ( most of us aren't). When it came time to walk up the steps he would skips steps at a time. He would even run up the steps. He would run so much that it caused him to trip up the steps. We are always, especially in this society, trying to do things by getting around the process. We just want it done and done quickly our cares are more for efficiency and less about quality. When it comes to Gods work... we have to care. Its not about doing things quickly all the time. Because no matter what we all live by the same time limited to this planet. Think about this if you would. Two cars are driving down a road. The first car is zooming through all the cars trying to get where they are going. The second car is taking their time. At the end of the road there is a stop light and the light turns red. By the time the second slower car gets to the light they realize that the faster car was sitting at the light as well...only a few cars foward. The point of that scenario was to show you that it doesn't matter what if you zoom around all fast or move slow. A stop light or situation can equally affect either party ( the stop light being a part of the process of driving)

We have to deal with the fact that each process that we have to go through is different. I like to think about mowing the grass as a great process that could drive anyone crazy. 

But every part is so very important. For instance. Say you have a large field. If you don't have the right amount of gas in the mower you decrease the amount of grass that can be cut, before you have to get more gas. If your moving to fast you can veer either to the left or to the right and miss strips of grass at a time. So that by the time that you get done you realize that you have missed MANY sections and that you will have to go back and restart over again. 

I know at times its hard to follow through. But you have to do it. Remember that each step that we take is ordered by God. 

     The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way. Psalms 37:23 KJV

That he has planned blessings for us to receive, as a matter of fact, its already ours! You just have to believe in it, which requires faith. Even having faith is a process.

So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. Romans 10:17 NLV You have to constantly be listening to the word of God in order to build your faith. We have dreams/visions but they ALL require that we work through the process. We have to take the time to plan everything out and then take it step by step. going back to the grass cutting scenario. Any single piece of grass we cut is progress. So every step we take forward is progress. Therefore,we should be thanking and praising God after every blade being cut or every step being taken! One thing about seeing or knowing what God has for you makes it hard to follow through on the steps because we have an idea of what to expect. our thought is just that we want to be there already. We want it to be happening now! Don't worry though God is not teasing you. Although it may seem like that. God is just trying to get you to build your faith to get you excited and to start taking steps to what he's showed you. Also so he can show you, teach you and equip you with the things that you will need in order to pull off the task that is at hand. The English Standard Version bible puts it this way: "20  Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dea our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21  equip you with everything good that you may do his will working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ. To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen" ( Heb 13:20,21 ESV) the focus being verse 21. The best part about following through the process is that you can celebrate so much more knowing that you finally got to the place you were going! Then when you look back you will be amazed to see that 140 steps seemed impossible but it was do able!  That then empowers you for the next process at a higher level. It builds your faith and it lets you know just how capable you are through God!  So to close out. Don't try to skip steps of what ever process your being out through! God is with you all the way! Don't get deterred and don't get discouraged. The process helps you slow down and think, to not make spontaneous decisions and to have time to thank God for what he's done and where he's got you so far!  Keep pressing and Keep stepping. One day, one moment at a time! I love you but God loves you more!  -Chelsee