Today's Daily Bread
Watching And Waiting
In Isaiah 18, it appears that the whole world is set to battle
God’s people. Yet what is the response of the Almighty One? “I will take
My rest, and I will look from My dwelling place” (v.4). His stillness
may appear to have been an acceptance of the conspiracy against them.
But it wasn’t. God’s response was His reminder that He acts in His
timing—at just the right time according to His will.
I think of Jesus waiting 4 days while Lazarus lay in the grave (John
11:39). Was He unaware? Did He not care? Of course He cared! He was
waiting for the right time to act and to teach the lessons He wanted to
teach.
The Bible records God’s “delays,” many of which seem at the time to
be inexplicable from our point of view. Yet every delay flows from the
depths of His wisdom and love. If nothing else, delay, if we accept it,
can produce the quieter virtues—humility, patience, endurance, and
persistence—qualities that are often the last to be learned.
Are you in distress? Does the Lord seem distant and detached? He is
not indifferent to your plight, nor is He unmoved by your pleas. He is
waiting while His purposes are achieved. Then, at the right moment, He
will intercede. God is never in a hurry, but He is always on time.
Turn not aside, discouraged one;
Stir up your gift, pursue your goal;
In God’s own time you’ll see Him work;
He’ll give you hope and lift your soul. —D. DeHaan
Stir up your gift, pursue your goal;
In God’s own time you’ll see Him work;
He’ll give you hope and lift your soul. —D. DeHaan
God is worth waiting for; His time is always best.
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