Today we continue the series “Wonderfully Complex...”

  ...Psalm 139:13-16 (NLT) “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” Today we are going to deal with seasons and delays.

1. In discovering your soul print you will discover that God allows us to go through certain seasons on our journey. As you get older and mature you realize the battle is won long before you are on the battlefield. You win or lose based on your faithfulness to whatever season you are in. Batterson – “Every divine appointment is preceded by a season of preparation. And if we submit to the preparation, God will fulfill His promise. If we don’t, He won’t. Why? Because God never sets us up to fail. Another key to fulfilling your destiny is to recognize the season you are in and not let frustration and disappointment take over.”

2. In discovering your soul print you will discover that often there will be divine delays. Batterson – “Your dream seems like a mirage that remains the same distance away no matter how fast or how far you pursue it. You know you have a destiny to fulfill, but the elapsed time causes you to second-guess yourself.  This is what you must understand...if you arrive too early at what you think to be your destination (your destiny) you will miss the growth you would have experienced.” Dutch Sheets – “Are you struggling to get to the next stage? Don’t give up. Your struggles won’t be wasted; they may even be necessary. The key is not to quit.”  

3. In discovering your soul print you will discover that without a crucifixion there is no resurrection. The days between death and resurrection are long and dark but that is often when a miracle is about to happen.

Batterson – “You never know how or when or where a dream will be resurrected, but if it’s God ordained, then God Himself will bring it back to life somehow, somewhere, sometime.” Don’t short circuit God’s plans for you by taking short cuts and by doing what so many have done by compromising...there is a price to pay for forcing your desires and wishes. God is setting you up just like He was setting David up...His day of destination was coming and what he had to do in the meantime was to be faithful where he was. One of the fastest ways to mess up what God has for you is to not trust Jesus and to try to help Him fix your situation.