What
have you been forgetting about GOD, how HE’s helped you so many times?
HE has
some things HE wants you to develop first, some growth patterns HE wants you to
put into your life. GOD’s never in a hurry. HE can do things immediately, but HE’s
working on a larger agenda. The delays
that come in your life do not destroy GOD’s purpose. They fulfill GOD’s purpose in your life. They make you a better person.
The
consequences of forgetting, the Bible says in Psalm 106.13 (LB is, “...they would not wait.”
Instead
of forgetting you remember GOD’s promises.
There
are over 7,000 of them in the Bible.
Whenever I have a problem, I find a promise. When I face a problem, I look for a
promise. The promises are always greater
than the problems you’re facing.
Psalm
103.2 (TLB), “I will bless the LORD and not forget the glorious things
HE does for me.”
2 Peter 3.9 (JB), “The LORD is not being slow to
carry out HIS promises but HE is being patient with you.”
You
ask, “Why isn’t GOD fulfilling the promise in my life?” HE’s waiting on you. You think you’re waiting on GOD? HE’s waiting on you to learn to not fear, not
fret, not faint, not forget. HE wants
you to learn that before HE brings the solution.
HE has
some things HE wants you to develop first, some growth patterns HE wants you to
put into your life. GOD’s never in a hurry. HE can do things immediately, but HE’s
working on a larger agenda. The delays
that come in your life do not destroy GOD’s purpose. They fulfill GOD’s purpose in your life. They make you a better person.
What is
it you’ve been waiting on GOD to do? For
HIM to turn a problem around? To answer
a prayer? To make a way in a place where
it seems impossible for there to be a way, financially or physically or any
other way? Maybe you’ve been waiting on
GOD to bring that right person along?
Maybe you’ve been waiting on GOD to turn a crisis into a solution? GOD hasn’t forgotten. And a delay is not a denial. Not yet is not the same thing as No.
Habakkuk
2.3 (TLB), “These things won’t happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches
when the vision will be fulfilled. If it
seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!”
The
things you’ve waited for in your life, GOD will bring to fulfillment if you do
not faint, do not fret, do not fear, do not forget.
Just a
thought from the front porch…
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