Sink or Swim

There is a vast sea, each of us are in it.  Some of us are there on our own accord, others have been placed there by God himself.  Each as a choice in how he will respond.  One man will fight the seas.  He will thrash, crash himself against the water, and flail his arms in frustration.  He is left exhausted, unable to be still and rest.  He is drowning.  

But there is another man, he is moving in a precise pattern, without chaos and confusion.  Other times he is saying completely still on his back, just floating.  This man is building endurance in  his sea, he is resting in this place he has been put.  

 Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.  Psalms 37:7

Sometimes we are not moving anywhere in life.  We are just in a sea that can either swallow us, or create a strength and serenity in us that would not have been learned in any other environment.  Cooperation with the Lord will bring these traits to us.  Do not hurry yourself through these places.  We are building endurance and character for another season. If we do not learn this now, we will not be prepared for the later things.

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11