Processes and procedures, those are two words that I don’t like. When I hear the famous, “trust the process” or “follow procedure” I know it means to wait. No one likes to wait. I prefer instant results because it’s easier. But for the most part, everything we do in life has a process or procedure attached to it.
Rats.
Trusting the process translates to more work
Trusting the process and following procedures, for me, translates to more work. But, as irritating as it is to trust the process, I’ve learned not to buck against it. There’s a reward at the end of the process and it only comes to those who wait.
“For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
Judges 13:5 ESV
There’s a beginning as well as an end to the process. Everyone wants to get to the end, but few want to begin.
A curious judge
Of the judges in the Old Testament, Samson is one of the most curious of them. He judged Israel for 20 years and is known for his love for Delilah (his undoing) and supernatural strength. If you ever wonder who God uses, look no further than the life of Samson. A curious man that God used.
The process of delivering Israel wasn’t assigned to one person, God assigned its beginning to Samson. There was no magical deliverance or sudden change. It came through a process that God had determined. Why did He choose to do it this way? That prerogative belongs to God, we are assigned to trust.
As sure as there was a beginning to God’s deliverance, there was an end. Samson was used to begin the process. I don’t know where you are in your process. If you’re like me, you’re likely in the middle of several separate processes at once. You can be sure that if you can trust the process (sorry but it fits here), God will begin to deliver.
