Waiting For God's Response
"Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him." (Psalm 37:7 (NIV))
Do you ever feel like God has you "on hold", and you don't even have Musak to listen to? That's not the case. No matter how silent He seems, He has answered your prayers. In this instance, He may have said, "Yes." But he has also said, "Wait." So you say, "How long?" And God says, "Until it is My perfect time." And no matter how you plead, cajole, beg, cry, fuss, stamp your foot or holler, God only will do things in His perfect time.
Think about it. Abraham had to wait twenty five years from when he was 75 until he was 100 years old - before Isaac was finally born. Even though God had told him many years before that his descendants would outnumber the stars, God's perfect timing came when Abraham was 100. Joseph had the dream that prophesied his supremacy over his family when he was only 17. Then he was sold into slavery and had to wait thirteen years to see it come to pass and what God's purpose was in it. Just before Moses was born, the new Pharaoh of Egypt began to inflict greater and greater hardships on the Hebrew people, but it was eighty years later before God allowed the Hebrews to be delivered out of the hands of the Egyptians.
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God never does anything without a reason. He gave us these examples to teach us how He works His redemptive purpose in our lives, and to show us that His purpose is rarely accomplished over night. And to let us see that feeling sorry for ourselves is a sin. Instead, we are to rejoice in all things, praising God for everything, great or small, good or bad, that occurs in our lives... and wait patiently for His redemptive purpose.
From Bonnie Ricks, Dogwood Ministries, Inc.
Used with Permission
