Ride The Wave 🏄🏽♂️
God wrote this I was just the vessel.
I have realized that opportunities in life are like waves. Most of the time you have to wait for the right one. And not every wave may be for you. Sometimes a great wave or opportunity might come but it might flatten to early. Sometimes we think just because it’s a big and grand opportunity or wave we think “this is the one that we need to take” but sometimes these big waves can kill you! This is where discernment kicks in, expert surfers know which ones are good to ride and which ones are not because #1 they have experienced doing this many times before and #2 they get a gut feeling if this is the one for them. Confident surfers let other surfers ride a wave that looks good but it’s not for them, this is where confidence and patience comes in because sometimes when we are sitting waiting for our wave we see so many other people riding their wave and great looking ones! We need confidence in knowing God will provide the right wave for us because if not we will end up riding other peoples waves, get hurt and burned out! This is how many people live their lives! And this is where we ask God “OK God I’ve been waiting where is it?!” God wants us to be experts at following the Holy Spirit.
But when we get a calling from God - ok here it is. When we get a calling from God we get a PULL! The bigger the wave the bigger the pull! The bigger the wave the more he will pull you in to get closer to him. Do you hear me? If he pulls you in and wants you closer is because he has a big wave for you. The closer you are to him the easier it is for you to hear him. Don’t fight the pull! Don’t deny his calling! If he’s knocking, open the door! You just have to be patient and trust the timing. Just like the surfers they sit on their boards and paddle and wait and enjoy the view. This is what we have to do in our walk, we have sit and wait and he will speak to us, but when we get that pull we will know there is something coming! And sometimes we lack discernment and we ride the wrong wave and crash and this is why we have to keep on going back out there in the deep end and ride and get the experience after falling down, like Proverbs 24:16 says “For through the righteous fall seven times, they rise again” The more experienced you are following the Holy Spirit the more precision you will have in your decision making.
And you will know if it’s a God given opportunity or wave because you will glide! You can’t stop it! It’s easier and your not striving. When you’re riding the wave it’s bliss, yes there’s some adjustments you might need to make on your board but God is guiding you throughout the whole way.
The best things about surfers are their expectancy, they go out there early in the morning expecting to ride that beautiful wave, and this is how we should be with God go out there everyday and expect great things! If you tell yourself in the morning “this is the day the lord has made” and expect miracles and abundant blessings, your life will change. Don’t we serve the God of the impossible?! What can’t he do?! I don’t know about you but I’d rather get my hopes up than not expect nothing at all! God is good.
Moral of the story: ride the wave 🏄🏽♂️
KB