I am thankful for immediate answers.
More often than not, waiting is involved. I’m better at waiting than I was at one time, but I’m not any better at liking the wait.
I like immediate service, immediate responses…and I like immediate answers to my prayers.
More often than not, I have to wait for all of them.
But, occasionally I get an immediate answer, and I must admit…it is usually quite startling when I do. God has such a sense of humor sometimes…. Here is my latest immediate answer…
Do not fret.
Trust in the LORD and do good
Delight yourself in the LORD
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
Wait for the LORD and keep His way. He will exalt you to inherit the land
(select verses from Psalm 37)
When frustrated and disturbed, (that sounds better than mad as a wet hen…) I think of all sorts of ways to respond…(that sounds better than retaliate)
And when I ask God to show me how to walk thru it, He needs only to remind me of what I already know. Hence the latest message from Psalm 37.…
Fretting is useless.
I am responsible for my choices, either to do good….or not so good.
Handling it in my own human manner is just telling Him that I don’t trust Him to take care of it.
Taking charge and setting everyone straight is not committing my way to Him, but committing to my own agenda.
Waiting is the smart thing to do because I don’t see the big picture nor do I know other people’s heart.
What something ‘looks like’ is not always what it is. God will have His way ultimately…He just sometimes has a purpose for it taking longer than it ‘looks like’ it should take.
My temper and imagination will only lead to my own wrong thoughts and behavior.
I have a choice. I can continue to look at my wrong thoughts and consider them…or I can on purpose turn FROM them and choose life instead of death.
I can believe that God WILL keep His promises, that He IS KEEPING His promises even now, and especially when I don’t see nor understand the mechanics of His ways.
