WHEN IT'S SLOW!

We are an anxious bunch of people, wouldn’t you agree? We live in a world and in a way that shouts, “We want it fast, we want it now!” We hate to wait for things. Think about it and you’ll agree…we hate to wait! We hate to wait in traffic. We hate to wait in the drive thru. We hate to wait for that “something” to arrive in the mail. We hate to wait for our paycheck. We hate waiting every week for Friday to come. We’re in a hurry and want things to happen just when we want them to. But the saying is certainly true, GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT! I would go a step further if I may?

GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD!!

“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him.” Isaiah 30:18

God knows all things wouldn’t you agree? So if we agree that He knows all things then we must also agree that knowing all things also means knowing when to allow all things to pass. God is not some makeshift fortuneteller. He’s the Teller of All Things! God knows all things, sees all things and holds all things in the palms of His Mighty Hands. Now that’s being in “Good Hands”. Trusting in the Lord also means trusting Him to orchestrate all aspects of our lives.
You see we are like fine desserts. God wants to control what goes into the mix, always thinking ahead to the finished product. He knows just the right amounts of trials to allow, the correct bits of sorrow and discipline to add and is always…. always mixing in LOVE, producing a fine and beautiful dessert. Unfortunately what happens is we try and rush the procedure trying to cut corners, skimp on ingredients and half the “baking time”. The result? A disappointing lump of cake, undercooked, flat and simply unfilling!

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord” Psalm 27:14

We all know how hard it is to be patient when urgency overwhelms us and the floodgates of anxiety are rushing in but know that the Lord is working up a fine and beautiful product in you. He knows just what you need, when you need it and WILL NOT FAIL YOU! So as the Psalmist says, “Take Heart!”, God’s in the kitchen and it’s looking good!!