Enough is Enough

These last few weeks, the last few days especially I’ve been a whiny and ungrateful.

I’ve been having conversations with my friends about trusting God in terms of their lives and the promises he has for them and how blessed they are just for the fact that he has called them His child. But in mine? I didn't really grasp the concept for myself, I mean I know I’m privileged as a child of God because I’m promised peace, joy, salvation, etc. but I haven’t been acting as I know it, or like I‘m grateful for the privilege I have.

Lately, in God's presence, I’ll whine, cry, complain, talk about how overwhelmed I am, how scared I am, anxious, how helpless I feel blah blah blah. I’ll do everything but rejoice and thank Him and even when I do it’s not 100% genuine.

Every time I prayed, I asked God for strength, strength to believe, strength to stay the path, strength to wait on the promise. But then I stay in my place of weakness, I constantly dwell on how impossible it seems, how unlikely it may be, and throw a pity party for myself and invite anyone who has the ears to listen.

But today, I decided that enough is enough. I have more than enough in my life right now, more opportunities than most people and for that, I need to thank God.

For many of us, God is waiting on us and we think we’re waiting on Him. And this is because while we’re busy whining, complaining, throwing pity parties, being scared and anxious, God is like, okay Angels, when she/he begins to praise my name, then you can pour down my blessings. Essentially, your pessimistic state of mind and is the only thing hindering God from moving on your behalf.

You can read the Bible every day, watch sermons every hour, constantly play the latest Maverick City Album, but if you don't make up your mind within yourself that enough is enough, you won’t be moving anywhere.

This is a post for myself as much as it is a post to anyone reading this, you have to say enough is enough.

How many more nights will you cry yourself to sleep? How many more times will you complain to everyone and anyone around you? How many more sessions will you spend in God's presence complaining about what he didn't do/hasn't done /isn't doing ??

You’re privileged to be alive. You’re privileged to have clothes to wear and food to eat, even if you’re broke right now. You’re privileged to have a job, even if you hate it. You’re privileged to have a promise for God, even if you’ve been waiting for what you think is a “long time”. You’re blessed and privileged, remember that and be thankful.

I love you guys.