Copying Jesus

About 4 years ago I was feeling guilty for knowing loads of stuff about God and not doing anything about it. I didnt really have a mission field, and i didn't know any Christians i could get along side. I was just working in a factory for 12 hours a day and it too noisy to talk to anyone if i had had the chance. When i came home i was shattered and just fell asleep straight after dinner.

I began to think about the Jesus' life... he knew God pretty well, but for the first 30 years he did nothing. Not that he was incapable of telling people about the Kingdom, he was waiting for God's timing. His passion for the lost would have been just as great when he was working in the carpenters shop as when he wept over Jerusalem. Why did Jesus wait? I think he gave us a very straighforward answer:

'I only do what i see my Father doing'

One of the main aspects of faith which God is interested in developing is the trust that he knows what he's doing, and that he has the best timing for everything. In my life i can testify to the fact that the time in the factory was invaluable in terms of building me and teaching me to make me a far more God-honouring person at university...even if i didn't see it at the time.

I'm run off my feet with opportunities to serve him right now and that is amazing. But when the time changes and God decides that i need a rest even when i dont want one i'll trust him that he knows best - for me and for people i love.