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Today I wanted to talk about timing and how way off we always seem to be. Nobody like to be reminded of God's perfect timing when they are smack in the middle of waiting for it take place on a halo bomb. In our day and age, newspapers are becoming obsolete because they can't get our information to us fast enough. Wait a whole day to find out the Knicks score?? NO chance, get me my iPad, now.
The best example of patience and prayer is, of course, Moses in the desert for 40 years. 40 years of people doubting him, and wandering around a desert. I can't imagine sitting in my own cushy life and waiting on a prayer to hit for 40 years. Another good example is Daniel in chapter 10. He kept praying for the understanding to a complex vision. He prayed and fasted and meditated, got dust. God sent the messenger right away to answer his prayer, but Satan delayed the messenger and God had to bring in the Mo Rivera angel aka Michael to help the message get to Daniel.
I like the aspects of the Daniel example. Maybe we pray for something and God is planning on getting it taken care of right away, but then the Devil gets in the way. Maybe we let that trace of doubt creep in our head about how the prayer won't really help or this takes forever, and the Devil uses that as momentum to delay it long enough for us to give up on it and miss the message.
I guess, my point here is I believe that waiting on God's timing is going to be a growing challenge for us. With our society getting faster and faster, the virtue of patience on God's timing is going to sneak up your list needs pretty quick. Just a reminder to keep this at the top of your minds and hoooooooooooooooooooooooold on to those prayers.
On a positive note, some of you might have been praying for me since I missed my day to post. Then you woke up this morning and see that I rolled out of bed and got it done! yes, it was technically late, but we got it. Thanks for the prayers
ONE
Ty
2 comments:
Waiting on God is also a way of flying our faith flag. Being patient and at peace about a request made to our Father exemplifies the complete trust and confidence we have in Him. Wanting immediate results and getting anxious shows our lack of faith. What about Job? He kept pleading with God over and over to give Him an answer to why he was suffering so much. Job started out very patient but towards the end started to get a little frustrated that God had not given Him an answer. What happened next is God did answer and it humbled Job like no one has ever been humbled before. So be patient and at peace when you let your requests be made to our Father. After all, these are fruits of the Spirit anyway and Spirit filled fruit is a tasty offering unto our Lord.
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Phil. 4:4-7
PS - Tyler, solid job being the only guy so far to keep his day two weeks in a row. Lets go guys. We said to hold each other accountable so lets start walking what we are talking. Lets get the participation steady and growing again.
Park it's so great to have you on the docket. Nice word here, waiting on God is never easy but it's such a good way to build muscle.
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