Patience and Planning

"But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." -James 1:4 (NKJV) The Lord has been extremely loud and obnoxious in my ear as of late and I absolutely love it! Over the past few weeks or so I have been going through those spells where I was no longer seeking God as I should have been. So, as a result, it was very difficult to find Him and hear from Him, as you might expect. A few days ago He may as well have slapped me in the face and told me, "You can't do this without Me! Why are you even trying?" In order to move forward in your life and walk, you need to make sure you are focused on Him and planning your life out, as well as being patient and trusting what God is going to do for you. So many times we try to do things on our own and rule out the plan that God may have for you because, "I know what I want." It isn't about what we want, it's about what He wants. More often than not, those things that you want will line up with what God wants because He is a God that wants what is best for you, and a lot of times, we do know whats best for ourselves, but it is all in God's time.