The God who has a definite goal with a schedule to accomplish His course

A life-study portion that I enjoyed during my Bible reading time. Sometimes as Christians, we either be too proactive without waiting on the Lord, or we can be over-passive and simply sit and wait the Lord will do something miraculous. Oh, how much we need to be tempered by the Lord in our daily living! 

Whenever we fall into the later situation (being passive) or not too sure how shall we go on, we have to remember that the Lord is also a wonderful example who has a goal with a plan. He knew His overarching goal, and He planned and walked according to the goal. Surely there will be threats either by men or by practical situations (e.g. lack of finance, family problems etc.) but we shall not be afraid nor be threatened. The following is the portion that I enjoy from the life-study while reading Luke chapter 13. We Christians often know the overarching goal in our lifetime and might have received some burden from the Lord in relation to His economy. Though practically, we might be not too sure what the small steps that we shall take. Poverty, pressure, and many things can threaten us to follow the Lord, but may the Lord strengthen us to be those who follow Him with strong faith and boldness. Lord, grant us such a heart so that we can reach the goal with You! 

Praying for a window of opportunity in relation to migration

This only occurs to me recently. In relation to migration, a window of opportunity is important. 

Quite a long time ago, a sister said to me that sister L was able to use a certain visa to go to Germany because she seized this opportunity. That type of visa only opened for a short period of time and she caught up this opportunity. 

I do keep this in mind but it only started making more sense recently. 

Recently, one of my advisors is going to France. I thought he just randomly found an opportunity through his network, and that was it. However, when I chatted with him, he mentioned that because there are many mergings going on among business schools in France at the moment, he thought it was a good opportunity and decided to go. "A window of opportunity" was mentioned several times by my advisor.