In the Silence

Touching title huh?
I just had a really cool God-thing happen to me...
First, you need to know my situation. I'm currently looking for another summer job as the one I have is not providing me with many (if any) hours. I'm in desperate need to make money before heading out of the country in five weeks. I'm super excited for Europe (!!!!!!!), however, it would be a relief to be somewhat financially stable upon coming home to another whole year of college. I have been applying anywhere and everywhere and receiving the same ol' answer: "Sorry...5 weeks isn't enough." This is rough.
Anywaysss....
I was sitting outside in the sunshine waiting for my cousin to come pick me up. Thoughts of needing a job and saving money were spinning in my head. Since I had some time to kill I took out the book I've been reading throughout the semester, "Passion for the Heart of God" by John Willis Zumwalt. It's a wonder of a book and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. It's focus is on seeking out the heart of God instead of focusing on your own heart. How's that for a cliffhanger? There's so much I could say but that, my dear friend, is for another time. For now, I will continue. Sitting in the sunshine, I dig into chapter 6, "High Drama." It's all about how God is a God of last minute (in our terms) and will always pull through and rescue us. We, as sinful humans, create a lot of drama within our waiting, or rather, "panic" as God orchestrates His plan. The author shares a story of he and his wife needing money for a mission trip that was in a week; all they needed was $1000. He and his wife woke up in the morning doubting that this was really God's plan and fearing they mistook a personal urge for God's voice. Zumwalt's wife said she heard God say "sit back and watch the show" that morning, and within a week they were miraculously given a total of $1,500 from generous people of their church congregation. What an awesome God! Then, I read the line that spoke to me the most: "God's work done in God's way will not lack God's supply" (J. Hudson Taylor). How cool is that? Why stress when I know what ends up happening with this whole job/money situation (or my whole life for that matter) will be of God and His work and His timing. Even if what we want, desire, or work towards in life is good, why would we want it to be of our own doing and not His? Sorry to ramble...but I think it's a story worth sharing. And a true one at that. One that happens every day in the big things AND the small things, if you're willing to allow God to orchestrate your life desires. Hope it inspired you like it did me. Afterall, it's God; what is not to be inspired about??