Character Lesson : Flexibility

This month the Lord graced me to learn the lesson of flexibility with much patient. I, by nature, am a person with set standards and prefer to do things as planned and systematically and persistently until it is satisfactorily done. Well, that's just I, me and myself. In walking with the Lord, the Lord often bothers me and touches me to be more flexible as per the situation at hand. This month, in almost all my plans to do things, I was adjusted a lot. I am learning a lesson that is not very easy to learn.

I had plans for official works, family matters, church affairs and shepherding and some personal works. None of these worked out exactly as I planned, in timing nor in methods of execution. In every instance, the Lord adjusted me in either the time or the way or in both, how to accomplished them. Often I was tempted to just go ahead and do as I planned but the Lord did not give me peace at all. When I paused and prayed for a moment reconsidering my ways, I was chided inwardly that I rather be obedient to the instant anointing and leading of the Spirit and be submissive to the Lord's leading and be flexible. Finally I succumbed to the inward and innate reaction to all my plans. 

Later, when an opportune time did arrive to execute what I had planned, I discovered the joy of waiting for the proper timing. It turned out that in being flexible in following the Lord for minute and major matters the blessing hand of the Lord was there. In fact, things turned out much better than had I done it my ways and my time. The Lord's timing was perfect and His way, the best. In reflecting back of what had transpired, if I had forced my way ahead, I would have missed all the joys and the blessings the Lord secretly had attached in His ways and timings.

Lord, grace me to be flexible in following You step by step.