Everything Else Can Wait

“Give me You, everything else can wait” is the first sentence to a song by Shana Wilson called Give Me You. The first time I heard this song was at a Tye Tribbett concert 2 years ago right before his new album Greater Than was released. The host church sang this song for worship and I immediately fell in love with it because I’m all about slow solemn worship songs. The song has been on my heart this whole week so this morning I went into worship with this song just telling God what I truly want. All I want and need is Him and that he should give me Him and let everything wait. So basically in his discretion whatever that needs to wait in my life He should make wait BUT giving me Him needs no wait because I WANT HIM. I DESIRE HIM. I THIRST AND I HUNGER FOR HIM. Then He began to drop things in my heart.

1. Telling Him to let everything wait meant that I was telling God I trust in your timing and so whenever you’re ready to give me other things, I’ll be ready but right now let me be so focused on you that I won’t worry about other things. [Matthew 6:33] says “but seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you” and when you read the verses before 33 you’ll find out that “all these things” was referring to food, water, clothing, shelter so basically things we need in life. And since the abundance of these will cause us to lose focus on Him, He gives us just enough and in His time, causes us to have in abundance in order to bless others.

2. It also meant that everything I’m going through right now He sees fit for my growth. So that test I’m going through right now or that situation which I don’t understand right now, he deems it timely in my life. And so I realized that He’s trying to do something in me right now so instead of fighting with God about it, I rather chose to trust Him and say God I surrender to You and I know You know what You’re doing and so I hope to pass the test and gain the character growth You’re trying to achieve in me.

3. Thirdly, He took my mind back to a verse I proclaim to be my favorite scripture in the entire Bible; [Psalm 37:4] “Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall grant you the desires of your heart”. This serves as a referral for me to God when I have a desire. I always tell Him God I delight myself in you always and you said you shall grant me the desires of my heart. Now a friend of mine in my band gave an insight on that scripture that astounded me due to its truth and depth. He said as you delight yourself in the Lord, He becomes what your heart truly desires and so basically you’re asking God to give you Him when you ask him to give you your hearts desire [insert praise break emoji here lol]. That spoke so much to me and I realized how true that is, at least for my life.

So I challenge you today to go before God with this prayer and see the realizations you make. Maybe you’re confused as to why you’re in your current situation. Ask God to give you Him and let everything else wait and see if that situation is trying to show you what you need to wait on. God is for you and so know that everything He does is perfect. It might not be good TO you but its good FOR you. Stay blessed and encouraged. His love for you is absolutely relentless!

Here’s a link to the song if you want to listen to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC0UHJagWNE

XOXO,

Jennifer Darlington

Miscellaneous 

* I own an accessories shop online. Visit and shop.

www.etsy.com/shop/JDarlingCreations

*I will be a designer for GMU Red Alert: HIV/AIDS Awareness Fashion Show on Friday, November 21st. I will be vending from 5:30pm till 7pm when the show starts. I will be offering discounts based on HIV/AIDS trivia so come filled up with knowledge about the disease.

IG: @jdarlingcreations

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* My personal IG & Twitter: @jay_lington

What God Originates, He Orchestrates

 When the idea of me having a fashion show as a designer came about, I completely rejected it. My boyfriend made that suggestion and I replied quiet rudely “No. I don’t think I’m ready”. And by that answer I meant, I don’t have money to buy all I need, where will it be held at, its too much to do and I’m already taking 17 credits in school as a biochemistry major. I simply cannot do it. A couple weeks later, I found myself sitting in Human Anatomy lecture 9 am in the morning and all I could think about was having a fashion show and imagining how I see everything happening. It wasn’t until then that I realized it was an idea coming from God because I literally could not stop thinking about it. The confirmation and encouragement to go ahead with the idea came one Wednesday evening at bible studies when we had a guest speaker talk with us and at the end of the night she prayed and asked who needed prayer. I said I did because debts were high and income was low so I needed prayers. After she prayed for me, she asked “what business idea has God placed on your heart?” Bare in mind this lady knew me from nowhere so she had no idea I had a small business on my own. I told her about it and she encouraged me and said to not focus on my resources; what I have and don’t have. If God has said it, just do it. So I called up some friends in faith and we all began to pray and plan for my fashion show. Long story short, God provided all my resources and more. Through the help of some church members and friends who acted as sponsors, I was able to get everything ready for my show and the event was a huge success.

Now let me explain to you all what I mean by my show was a success because looking at the photos that were taken, one can tell there were a whole bunch of empty seats. I had about 20-30 people show up and my stage curtain was only leaning by faith lol the least push and it would come crumbling down. But my success and pride that I have for my show was in the fact that I learned to OBEY God. Obedience to God is a very important trait to have as a Christian because it shows how much you really trust God. Do you trust Him enough to know that He is God and even though things look nowhere near possible, He will make a way? Bible says to be obedient is better than sacrifice [1 Samuel 15:22]. Second reason is that I DIDN’T COMPROMISE MY IDENTITY AS A CHRISTIAN. Now when we all hear the words fashion show, we automatically categorize it as something of the world so secular music, skimpy clothes, etc., so there was a whole debate and skepticism from people about whether to allow me to hold the event in my church sanctuary or its reception hall. So I told God, I don’t only want to show myself to the world as just a designer but a Christian designer and I wanted that to reflect in every part of my show. So coming up with a playlist of hype music for models to walk to was very difficult. Then God reminded me that he has given me a music genius for a boyfriend so why not have him create some beats from garage band and that’s exactly what we did. We also began the entire show with a prayer, which felt so great to do! At the end of the show, my uncle said to me “wow Jennifer, I never knew you would be bold enough to do something like this” and he was absolutely right! I shocked my own self at how bold I had become knowing very well how much of a “chicken” I was. But in Christ alone do I find my boldness and strength. One lady came up to me and expressed how amazed and happy she was that I did not compromise my identity as a Christian and how much she loved that we began with a prayer. I found so much joy and encouragement in what she told me and I was so thankful to God for the outcome of my fashion show.

Also, with this little that God gave me, I believe I have been faithful and “who ever is faithful with little will also be faithful with much…” [Luke 16:10] and so I believe God was actually preparing me for the greater works He has in store for me. What the Lord originates, He orchestrates so do not worry about the how and do not think about the resources you think you don’t have because God has already given us everything we need to do what He needs us to do at a particular time. If you feel God is asking you to do something or tugging at your heart to initiate something, just exercise obedience for He will show you how to get there. Stay blessed and encouraged!

Here’s a link to view pictures of my fashion show:

https://www.facebook.com/Jay.Blaze.Darlington/media_set?set=a.10153236810133569.1073741827.802923568&type=3

XOXO

Jennifer Darlington

Miscellaneous 

* I own an accessories shop online. Visit and shop.

www.etsy.com/shop/JDarlingCreations

IG: @jdarlingcreations

Faceboook: www.facebook.com/JDarlingCreations

* My personal IG & Twitter: @jay_lington