1421 The Shy Poops

As you wait, are you wondering if God is really for you? Are you questioning if God really has a good plan here? All this waiting and wondering kinda zaps a girl’s hopes. If that’s where you are today; waiting, wondering, worrying, wishing, without any signs of God working, this devotional is specifically for you! Now, I will warn you, the visual in this devotional will undoubtedly be vivid. You’ll get it. You will relate. And you won’t forget it. There will be no in between with this one … it will either be your absolute favorite, or it will be the one you never want to hear again. But you came here to hear what God gave me to share today, and here it is. Brace yourselves, and put down your chocolate protein shake. You won’t want that right now. Yesterday I was having a conversation with a girl I mentor who has become a dear friend to me. For years she has been stuck in a job that was sucking the life out of her. She was exhausted, but she had to work. She couldn’t just quit. So, she continued. She prayed and prayed, asking God to open another door for her, but no doors, just this continued hallway of exhaustion. Then, she said, when she least expected it, out of absolutely nowhere, she was given the most beautiful opportunity for a new job. It just suddenly happened. After all this time, all those prayers, all that waiting, all that frustration, it came out of nowhere and she starts her new job next week. And I told her, “Sis, that’s because God works slowly, then suddenly.” Here comes the visual, so put down the chocolate protein shake now … Does anyone ever get a case of the shy poops when you’re traveling? It’s like your body knows when that toilet is not your own, and it just shuts down. There ain’t nothing happening! Your tummy is growing bloated, you’re in pain waiting, but nope, it ain’t happening. No home, no poop. You’re full blown constipated, blocked up, and in shut down status. She’s closed for business and those pants are not buttoning, folks. No movement. No matter what you do, no matter how long you sit there and rock, even trying the old pulling your knees to your chest move, nothing works. Your body is in wait mode. Waiting till you get home! Then, you finally get home and out of nowhere there is sudden movement! It just sneaks up on ya and what was once completely stuck is now just barreling through. Yip, this is how God works. You think there’s no movement. You think this will never change. You think you’re going to be stuck here forever. Then, out of nowhere, everything suddenly changes! It clicks. It happens. The door slings wide open. You have your breakthrough. You step into what God has been working on slowly, and it happens so suddenly. If you’re in the “slowly” season of your life where you feel constipated with no movement, tell your swollen tummy IT’S GONNA HAPPEN. You don’t know when, but it will. God has not forgotten about you. He hasn’t abandoned you. He hasn’t given up on you. He’s working in unseen places preparing for a “suddenly” reveal for you. My friend thought that change in her work schedule and relief for her family would never come. She waited. She prayed. She pushed through. Then suddenly, she stepped into what God had been lovingly preparing for her all along. It didn’t come out of nowhere … it came right out of the hands of a loving Heavenly Father who knew exactly what she needed and divinely aligned the details in ways she couldn’t imagine. And let me tell you, when God aligns the details after a “slowly” season, the “suddenly” comes with insane perks. She not only gets to sleep like a normal person, have more family time, and work in a less stressful environment, but she will be making double! Isn’t that just like God?!!! Why are we surprised when he does things like this? We shouldn’t be! And why are we disheartened when we’re in that slowly waiting pattern thinking it’