I’ve come to realize and appreciate that God plants little dreams inside us all. And how amazingly wonderful it is when we work together and encourage each other in God’s best for us. We can do more than we ever thought possible when we have people in our lives who we know have our backs.
I’m in a growing stage online and in real life. Before starting my blog and moving all around the country, I don’t think I would have fully appreciated this stage before, but now I see how necessary and important it is to grow and learn all you can so that you are ready when your dreams finally come to pass.
Today is practice.
What you are going through today will prepare you for tomorrow. Embrace the mundane and ordinary; it’s all prep work. It’s laying the foundation for when your dreams come true.
If you find yourself wondering if what you are doing today matters, I want to reassure you that it does. God will use everything you are doing and going through to prepare you for the future He has planned for your life.
God called David to be the future kind of Israel. From the time God laid that dream on David’s heart to when it came to be was 16 years passed.
16 years!!
We are tempted to give up after even a few months when things aren’t going the way we think they should and success isn’t knocking down our door.
Like, David, our biggest battles will rage inside us. (<====Tweet This)
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We wonder why God called us. What is He doing? Why do so many things go wrong when we are working on HIS plans for our lives?
Shouldn’t everything go right? I’m sure David thought the same thing as he was hiding out in caves to protect his life. He was probably wondering what God was doing to him…and thinking that if this is how life for an appointed man of God was going to be, maybe he’d go back to being a shepherd boy.
But he didn’t.
One thing that I love about David the most and a lesson I carry with me every day is that he didn’t let his time running make him bitter. Instead we find his heart’s cry in the pages of Psalms. In Psalms we find words that have encouraged me and many generations before me when forced to walk through the dark valleys of life.
Through David’s example we see how we can cry out to God too when life’s battles threaten to take us down, and cause us to want to, as Delonna Gibbs would say, “tap-out.”
If you ever start to feel like what you are doing today doesn’t matter and the trials that come when stepping out with God aren’t worth it, I want you to go to 1Samuel 16.
Read about David’s long journey to finally being crowned king.
Our journeys are not going to be filled with rainbows and sunshine like we might imagine, they will be hard. Whether you’re raising those kids or writing a future best-seller, you will find calamity along the way.
The enemy of our souls does not want us to succeed.
He will throw every curve ball he can to distract, derail, and destroy us. He will use those closest to us to disappoint and discourage.
Stay in close connection to God’s heart; He will guide you. (<====Tweet This)
Trust that no matter what you are doing today or going through, it does matter and it will be used to the glory of God…in His time.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3
Shared by: Alecia Simersky
Valerie Sisco says
July 9, 2014 at 9:30 amAlecia,
What an encouraging post! I love how you remind us that things will not be easy and go as we dream, but God asks us to keep believing and stay in step with him. Beautifully written!
Alecia Simersky says
July 9, 2014 at 10:26 amThank you, Valerie! It would be great if everything was rainbows and sunshine wouldn’t it? Unfortunately, that’s not how it works. I hope you keep the faith and keep trusting Him!
Nichole says
July 9, 2014 at 11:10 amThis could not be more appropriate for where I am today. My husband and I sold our house and are getting ready to take some big steps away from the security of what we have known for 15 years with our teenage sons and a dog. I’m breathless just tapping my phone as I think about how it doesn’t make perfect sense right this very moment. But I trust that it will and that has to be OK. Thank you! God bless!
Alecia says
July 9, 2014 at 6:01 pmOh, best of luck to you!! Moving is hard, believe me I get it, but I know just as God has been with me and my family He will be with yours!!!
Deep breaths help too 🙂 I hope you keep us updated on what God is doing in your life!
Ashley Fields says
July 9, 2014 at 11:39 amWow Alecia. God must have had similar messages for us (for me today and for you, whenever you wrote this post) because I wrote a very similar post this morning. King David’s trials didn’t occur to me as I wrote but I looked back over my own short 29.5 years on this planet and was able to see how God has worked in my life not only to get me where I am today but to equip me for the calling He has for me. It’s humbling and exhilarating all at the same time! Thank you for the post!
Alecia says
July 9, 2014 at 6:03 pmDon’t you just love when that happens? 🙂 God has something special planned for you!!
Satin says
July 9, 2014 at 11:47 amWow, friend! I needed this today. Specifically, “What you are going through today will prepare you for tomorrow. Embrace the mundane and ordinary; it’s all prep work. It’s laying the foundation for when your dreams come true.” This too, “Our journeys are not going to be filled with rainbows and sunshine like we might imagine, they will be hard. Whether you’re raising those kids or writing a future best-seller, you will find calamity along the way.”
Your words are timely & I’m so grateful you shared with us! Appreciate your friendship & support! Much Love ♥
Alecia says
July 9, 2014 at 6:05 pmI’m so glad my words encouraged you today,Satin. Thanks for YOUR encouragement!
Jennifer Dougan says
July 9, 2014 at 1:12 pmAlecia,
I love that reminder that ” What you are going through today will prepare you for tomorrow. ” It’s exciting and encouraging, isn’t it?
Have a great day, Alecia.
Thankful He uses everything,
Jennifer Dougan
http://www.jenniferdougan.com
Alecia says
July 9, 2014 at 6:08 pmIt is exciting!! It’s nice to know that all we go through today can be used for our tomorrows. It’s so good to see you over here,Jennifer!
Kim Hyland says
July 9, 2014 at 3:36 pmI was just reading about David running from Absalom yesterday, and again today God brought his servant to mind through your post. It’s so true, “Our biggest battles will rage inside us.” The Psalms take on so much more meaning for me when I consider how tried David was and where he was when he wrote them . . . in caves and on the run. Thanks so much for your words, Alecia. My heart is encouraged!
Alecia says
July 9, 2014 at 6:10 pmMe too,Kim. If David can be so hope-filled during the darkest days of his life, then I have no excuses. So thankful you were encouraged today!
Beth says
July 9, 2014 at 5:27 pmAlecia, loved this so much. Such encouragement for us all. And I just love the verse from Habakkuk that you shared. One of my faves.
Much love.
xoxo
Alecia says
July 9, 2014 at 6:37 pmThanks, Beth! That verse is one I turn to a lot when I feel stuck. Good to see you here!
Sabra Penley says
July 10, 2014 at 6:58 amWhat a much-needed message for all of us! And I love that scripture in Habakkuk! One to memorize and hold in my heart! Thanks, Alecia, for sharing these encouraging words.
Mel says
July 10, 2014 at 9:33 amBeautiful words, my friend. I love the perspective that these hard days…the ones when we truly wonder what’s going on…are part of the foundation to our dreams. I needed that reminder! Love to you, friend. 🙂
Hally Franz says
July 10, 2014 at 10:01 amWonderful message and wonderfully written, Alecia!