2 Peter 3: 8-9 NKJV
I want to confess something right here and now for those who don't know me. I DON'T like to wait! Then again, who does? The world is filled with anxious, over zealous people who just cannot stand to wait for something. I mean, is this not the very reason microwaves were invented? In this fast paced society of ours, asking someone to wait is akin to a personal attack on ones character. It's hard to imagine that only a hundred years ago people still walked almost everywhere they went. These days the only walking we often do is to the car to drive somewhere. Why do I make a big deal of this whole idea of waiting? Because when it comes to God, I often need to wait. Now, this may seem like a simple complaint, but why does my God make me wait? I mean, haven't I been good? Many a time I have been left on hold as I await a answer from God. How many can relate to that feeling? Well, I do have some good news for all of those impatient souls out there. You see, God is neither vindictive nor impatient towards His children. On the contrary, our heavenly Fathers timing is ONE thing which we can count on in this life. For causing trouble and discomfort for His children is definately in our Lords plan. So, perhaps the issue we have as we await an answer from our Lord lies with us? If one thinks about this situation more closely, it is we who place our world on schedules, not God. For God does not operate on mankinds schedules. As the apostle Paul tells us in 2 Peter 3, for our Lord a thousand years may be as one day and vice versa. Now, do you have a thousand years to wait for an answer from God? Well, at some point we all may need to wait that long for an answer from our heavenly Father. For indeed there may be answers to some questions we may never know until such time we join our Lord in His paradise. Does this mean that God has somehow lost interest in us? Not at all!
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints or is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and grow weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah40: 28-31 NKJV
We also do well to remember that God is not subject to the stresses and complications of this life we live. Therefore, God never has bad days or is too "Stressed out" to help those in need. As I mentioned, that frustration we each feel as we await an answer from God falls on us. For we are the ones who place our Lord on a time schedule. However, simply because we do not "Hear" from God does not mean that He is not working and doing what God does behind the scenes. In fact, it is not uncommon that, as we wait upon Him, His very answer or solution is already on the way. He has not forgotten us. In fact, His very promise is to NEVER leave us nor forsake us {Deuteronomy 31:6}. Knowing this, we can rest assured that God always has His children in mind. We are never absent from our heavenly Fathers thoughts. We ourselves may put God on the back burner, but He will never do that with us. It is through Christ Jesus in which we have direct access to our heavenly Father. It is through Jesus that we can bring our requests before our Lord. He is never too busy for His children. Whenever we feel as if our Lord has not heard our cry, we do well to step back and remember that it is through His mercy and grace in which He loved us enough to guarantee our eternity with Him.
~Scott~
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