Trust the Process

"Trust the process" I read these words some time ago and didn’t realize the importance they would play in my past weekend.  As it turned out, I was somewhere in this beautiful country of ours that I had never been before.  I had to catch an early flight at an airport that was an hour and some change away, according to my handy IPhone GPS.  So off I go, following the instructions that were being fed to me.  It all looked legit until it told me to turn on some County Road that I passed by because it was not clearly marked off the main highway.  Realizing I had missed the turn; while my GPS said, “Rerouting…” I quickly made the decision to turn around and take the County Road; as I traveled down the road; I realized it was very rural and not much traffic at that early morning hour, I reluctantly continued following the instructions that would hopefully get me to the airport to catch my flight home. Just when I decided to trust the judgment of the GPS; it told me to turn onto another County Road.  It appeared I was going further and further into the country and farther and farther from the major Highway I turned off of.  I began to doubt.  Doubt the GPS, but more so, doubt that I had put the proper destination in the GPS.

I panicked a bit; and decided to try to back track my GPS and make sure I put in the airport as my destination; all the while going down the Country Road in the dark and very mindful that I have to make this plane home.  Unable to finagle the task; I decided to trust the process……

Even in my decision to trust the process, I’m thinking of alternatives that can validate that I’m on the right road in the middle of nowhere in the dark, trying to make it to my destination. Those alternatives included thoughts of, “Who can I call…it’s early, who will be up?  And if I can call someone, how do I tell them where I am?”   UGH>>>>I personally am very uncomfortable with situations that I’m not sure of.  Instead of thinking, “Hey, what’s the worst that can happen?  I miss my flight.”  Instead of thinking, “I’m gonna trust God that He’s got this.”  Instead of thinking, “I’m gonna trust me, that I put the airport as the destination in the GPS.”  Instead of, Instead of….I took the insecure path and tried to find ways I could make sure I was on the right road to the airport.  Which, all were negative in nature and opposite of trust. 

When I realized that I would have to stop the car in the dark on this County Road in the middle of nowhere to do any of those options....which means I would delay myself and quite possibly miss the flight, I decided to trust the process and keep going.

Please read those words again, “I decided to trust the process and keep going.”

How many of us need that reminder, right now?  Right where you are?  Right where you are in life?  “I decided to trust the process and keep going.” 

Not only did those words fit my situation that early morning; those words can be applied to almost every situation in my life.  Those words can fit your life’s journey with God as well.  Whether you’re on a path that God has you on and you aren’t clear about where He has you going; or you’re on a path that your own choices have you on; and you’re desperate to get off and find God.  You can make the decision to trust the process and keep going.

The life lesson that I couldn’t overlook through that experience was that there will be times when you’ve been given instructions and those instructions will make you question.  You see, I put my destination in my GPS and hit, “Find route” and off I went.  But in that, when the instructions made me uncomfortable, I began to question, panic and second guess the process.  When those instructions brought me a place where it appeared so opposite of where I knew I was going, I began to question.  So it is with the spiritual.  If you’ve given your life to Christ; if your heart is to be with God and heaven is your destiny and you’ve hit, “Find route”, you gotta trust the process and keep going.

By the way; there will be County Roads that you turn down that appear you’re going away from your destination; but trust in the Great I AM.

For He is the One who holds tomorrow, who holds you in His hand…trust the process and keep going. 

It was only time on those dark County Roads that eventually got me to the major freeway; which had a sign for the airport!  It was only time spend that eventually validated my decision to trust the process and keep going.

Oh, and I got to the airport on time, turned in my rental car and boarded my plane home! Can I encourage you to trust the process you’re in and on, and keep going?  Know that God loves you and has an awesome plan for your life!  So…trust the process. 

Julie