I arrived at the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal at 9:00am. I was hoping to catch the 9am trip but I was too late. I saw the ferry moved away from the docking area so I just sat there at the Berth of the 11am ferry trip. There was no one there. It felt so weird coz for the last 20mins no one came. Considering that I am in an area where it’s supposed to be filled with 200+ passengers. I just sat and thought of things to do then talked to the Lord.
His message to me was simple, (which I thought was complicated). He told me, “There’s more in this 11am Trip.”
After 20mins, one passenger came, then after 10mins another family passengers came. Then after that people start to come almost every minute. The area was almost filled up. Some were already standing. 15mins before the departure, the room was already packed simply because I stayed and waited knowing that there is an 11am trip.
This is the same as the promises of the Lord, when He said Jeremiah 29:11 (For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.) That is our 11am trip! That is my 11am trip! When I have hard time waiting that is because I forget of the 11am trip! I forget that there is already a sure fulfillment of His plans – the time and the place for it is already set.
“Lord you are God of time and place. You hold everything in your heart. Teach me to have the right posture in waiting. Remind me that You are with me while I wait and that You are also ahead of me to winning my future. Teach me to learn from Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”
Candy (Philippians 1:29)