by Taylor
I would like to have a house.
We actually have a house picked out that we’re hoping to buy. The sellers accepted our offer, but now we have to do all of the inspections and appraisals and repairs and re-inspections before we can know for sure if we can get it. Josh and I have been married for 5-and-a-half years and we have never had a place to unpack our wedding dishes. I’m sure you can understand my eagerness for this particular house to work out.
It’s so stressful and emotional! I keep reminding myself that it’s just a house- we can find another one if this isn’t the one God has for us! But of course we want it, or we wouldn’t be trying to buy it. And of course we are thinking, “What if we lived here? Which bedroom would be for whom? Where would we put the piano? What color should we paint the cabinets?” So it’s hard to not get emotionally attached to the house. Hopefully this last inspection that we need will happen next week. Then we will know the full extent of the work that needs to be done before the bank will give us a loan, so we will know exactly how much things will cost and whether or not we can afford it. I feel like we are checking off little boxes along the way that are either increasing or decreasing the chances of us getting this house.
But God doesn’t work in terms of chances. Everything could look great and then fall through at the end. Or it could look impossible and He could make it all work out. I mean- seriously- He works ALL things together for our good, if we are in Christ and called according to His purpose. And His ways are high above our ways. So everything could work out just fine and we can get the house and THEN it could burn down or something crazy. But God would work even that all out for His glory!!!!!
Just because we get a house doesn’t mean that now we are set and safe. Our hope needs to continually be in the Lord and in Him alone. Not in the security of a home, or finances, or children, or a job, or whatever.
God is God; we are not. God knows; we don’t. We can only see a part of the picture He’s painting. He has promised to work out ALL things for the good of believers. So we can just chill and trust Him. 😊