We are addicted to outcomes.
Lysa Terkeurst (“It’s Not Supposed to be This Way”) -
-When we try to hurry through the process, we start to hold God accountable for what we assume He should be doing for us.
-We ask the question, “How is it all going to end?” But most of our life is lived in the
1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. —Romans 5:1-5
We start with the
, but we grow in the
.
Start with the
-Jesus secured the outcome when he walked out of the grave.
Grow in the
-God makes good things out of dust - don’t miss the miracles in the middle!