by Dona Hake
We are blessed to live in such a time as this for we are blessed with so many appliances that help ease our workload. As computer technology continues to advance it amazes me how everything around us is changing at such a rapid pace. As we are blessed though with such things I also see a big downside to such blessings. We have come to a place where we think everything needs to be done or received lightning fast. We go through the drive through window and we no sooner hand our money, our bag of food is being handed to us (sometimes even thrown at us!). Short and simple…we are way too used to reaching for something and we do not have to wait for it. Modern conveniences can spoil us in a way that we forget the importance of patiently waiting, and resting in the time of waiting.
I think this has sadly spilled over into our attitude toward our loving God and how we see Him dealing with us. We pray a prayer and we can be tempted to become impatient if it does not happen immediately. If it does not happen in the timing we projected in our mind we are tempted to think that God did not hear our prayer.Maybe He answers our prayer and it was not how we imagined and we may be tempted to be disappointed with how He decided to solve our problem. Oh that we would stop and ponder that God’s ways and means are higher than we could ever comprehend.
We must always remind ourselves that He has His timing, His wisdom and His understanding of exactly how to deal with us and the issues in life that we face. I thank God for the times that God seemed to delay answering certain prayers because along the journey of my wait He was working out other issues in my life. Many times He used those waiting times to bring my eyes to focus on areas of my life that needed His divine attention in order that He may help me in another area that I was not aware of. Today I pray that your heart be encouraged when you pray… remember to wait, rest, and you will receive!