Friday; April 26

One of the struggles we typically have with God is His timing. Oh, we have faith to believe that everything is going to be okay … our challenge is in waiting for His timing. As humans we are bound by certain motivators and “time” is definitely one of them. We count minutes and plan our hours. We look at our watches – even when we don’t acknowledge what we see. One of the most often asked questions is, “When are we going to be there?”. I wish that we, as humans, could free ourselves from the dimension of time, but it’s probably always going to be with us. The problem with this is that we serve (and depend on) a God who is not bound by time and, at times, doesn’t seem to care too much about it. He literally lives on His own time. When finite humans meet an infinite God, there are bound to be conflicts – so what can we do? The answer is “wait”. Since we see the world though a sense of incompleteness we cannot fully understand what is going on – or how long it is going to take for it to come to fruition. This is where faith (and patience) comes in. Centuries ago, King David was fretting about the issues of life when he made an interesting observation, “I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord.” (Psalm 27:13-14).

Are we willing to sit back – and sit still – and wait for the Lord? When we do, we won’t have to settle for a half-baked outcome, we’ll be able to enjoy the full meal deal!

Think About It!

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