(NIV) Ecclesiastes 11:4
Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
There is never a "good" time to do what the lord is calling you to do. Circumstances always tend to dictate our movment, when often times, what we have the ability to actually see, not unlike wind and clouds, we cannot control nor predict the outcome.
(NIV) Ecclesiastes 11:5-6
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. [6] Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.
The call of obedience is sowing your seed with no guarentee of exactly what you will end up harvesting. For this to happen obedience to our feelings (which often gets or fiercest loyalty) must cease to be our our cornerstone, the functional trust of our hearts and minds. Faith is the active hope that whatever is harvested, it is Gods will for you and therefore good for you, even if it takes the form of suffering. "Sucess" can be redefined and redeamed from "getting what you think you need for your life" to recieving anything with even joyful anticipation that Christ brings into our lives. How?
When what you think you need gets minimized appropriately by who you are actually with.
(NIV) Genesis 15:1
After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward. "
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