Spoiled Quail.

I think we've all found ourselves in the position of begging God to send us "the one". Whether we like to admit it or not, we've probably done it multiple times. I, for one, would need about 2 extra hands to count how many times this has happened. My question is "Why?". Why do we beg so much for something that we know is only going to come around during God's timing? Do we not trust that He's got the perfect plan for our lives and that everything is under control?

At Summit today (the church I attend), the pastor, Isaac, shared a passage of the old testament with us: Numbers 11. This story is set when God's people, the Israelites, were brought out of Egypt (lead by Moses) and are heading to Canaan, the land promised to them by God. But before they get there, they travel through a desert for 40 years. Can you imagine? Traveling across a barren and hot land, with only a bread-like substance to eat? I'll be the first to say that there would be a lot of complaining out of my mouth. And that's exactly what the Israelites did as well. A spirit of complaint rose in them and they began to think that they were better off back in Egypt, where they were extremely oppressed, but where there was an abundance of rich foods. God heard their complaints and summoned Moses to tell the people that He was going to send them meat. So much in fact that for a whole month they would have an overly abundant amount of meat that they would eat until they "gag and [were] sick of it." And that's exactly what happened. God sent a miraculous migration of quail for the people to eat. But there was so much that the meat eventually spoiled and people became sick from eating it and even died from it.

The Israelites learned quickly that begging for something that they think they "needed" was not going to satisfy their hearts as much as what God had in store for them.

This begs to ask the question again; Why?

If we keep begging God to send the perfect someone into our life when it's not the right timing, God might just send someone who we think is the right one (As we see from the passage above, He's done it before). Sure, in the moment they are exactly what you wanted, but in time you will see that they are just going to be destruction to your heart. God doesn't do this to deliberately hurt us; He does it to show that He and His will for your life should reign number one in your heart. He is THE mighty and powerful King, who pours grace and love on us when we don't even deserve His acknowledgment. So why can't we just be satisfied and content with His timing?

Instead of begging for that right person to come along, my new prayer is that I will beg for God to keep me content in His timing for my life. Because I'd rather end up patiently and contently waiting in the arms of God, than to be feasting on spoiled quail.