HANG ON, THE SENTENCE AIN'T FINISHED YET

It was only 5.20 am in the morning and you could already feel the tension in the air.Eye balls protruding from insufficient sleep, fists gradually tightening, toes stumping on the ground at a fast rate and even flared nostrils.Nobody was happy.I don't blame them. No one wants to get out of bed this early and drag themselves to the office only to hear the commission’s Public Relations’ Officer say…"We're sorry, but it looks like our bus won't be leaving at the right time…" 

It's 5 am. If a bus was ever guaranteed to leave on time, it should be one that is chattered.Nobody was happy... at least, not until the P.R.O. finished his sentence. 

"We're sorry, but it looks like our bus won't be leaving at the right time… (dramatic pause). It seems we'll be leaving a little earlier."

Phew. Ha!Funny guy. Just like that... Just like that, everything changed.

Eyeballs decrease to normal size. No more looks of disappointment. No angry nostrils or people looking ready for a fight.Everybody was now happy, relieved.Including me.LOL! 5 seconds earlier, I was biting my lip, throwing a mental tantrum and querying myself for being punctual but now I'm smiling and thinking the P.R.O. is hilarious. 

Funny how simply letting the man finish his sentence changed everything. 

I can't tell you how often that has happened in my relationship with God. I can't tell you how often I freak out because I didn't let him finish what he was saying or doing. Thanks to Nollywood, it's like getting upset at how a movie ended until we realize there's a part 2. 

Part 1 – “You won’t secure an admission this year like most of your mates would” (Lord, why me?)

Part 2 – “I want you to meet a group of wonderful individuals in the set to which you’d belong”

Part 1 – “Oyiwodu, you shouldn’t get married now”. (That’s not fair)

Part 2 – “But that’s just because I’m preparing you for that man who will be perfect for you”. (Oh yeah! J)

Part 1 – “So, I want you to stay home and weave threads for a while” (What? Take that back, I’ve been idle for months already!)

Part 2 – “Until the coast is clear where I want you to be” (Nice!)

 

Whao!

You know, the crazy thing is, but for God's grace, I would have given up after all those part 1s. But for his grace, I would have taken a short cut to school, marriage and work (things that seemed impossible at the time). 

Friends, I don't know where you are today but I'm guessing some of you are stuck between the part 1 and 2. I know it's scary and you're mad and angry.Take heart. Take heart my friends. I don't know how long it'll take. I don't know how God will finish the sentence and his work but I know that he will.

He will because he always does.He will because he's never left His word unfinished.He will because he is faithful.

It might not go down like we want and it might not even be, till we see him. But He will come through and he will work all things together for our good. “That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good” – Romans 8:28.

Waiting is hard and if we knew then what we know now, we wouldn't have been scared one bit.Again I know it's scary but I assure you that someday you will look back and say, if I knew then what I know now about, I would not have been scared.

However long, however hard, however heavy the weight of the wait, patiently let God finish his sentence.