Ever got those days when everything falls apart and seems that the world turned its back against you? When you keep on asking why it ever happened to you and not to someone else, and you got no answers? Well, you are not alone. Each of us has a cross to carry. And in carrying our crosses, we're ask to do an important task. And that is to 'WAIT'. To wait upon God's perfect timing to remove all those crosses. Waiting produces certain values in us. It teaches us to persevere. To have faith. To believe in something that is worth the wait. Last weekend's devotion has been a blessing to me. It's really a good read. Sharing this to everyone.
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http://www.meetmeinthemeadow.com/2013/08/its-about-timing/?utm_source=Meet+Me+in+the+Meadow+Subscribers&utm_campaign=26173a1943-MMITM-RSS-EMAIL-CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b83aa25ee5-26173a1943-14202837
God does everything in His time, and His timing is always perfect.
Timing on God’s part means there is a need for waiting on our part—and waiting on our part means there is a need for patience and contentment in our hearts. Some have said, “We need to finish well,” but it can also be said, “We need to wait well!” As Char Lessin has said, “With God, it’s all about timing.”
We need to ask the Lord what He has for us, but we also need to wait until it is His time to bring those things into our lives. Rather than jumping into things, we need to ask Him if this is the right time to develop a new friendship, to take on a new responsibility, to go on an anticipated trip, to say “yes” to someone’s recent invitation, to move to a new location, or to accept a new opportunity.
I can go when God sends me,
I can rejoice when standing still.
I am patient and contented,
When I’m resting in His will.
- Roy Lessin
There is a grace God gives you when it is His time for you to do His will, and there is a grace that He gives you when you are waiting on His will to be done. His grace includes the fruit of patience and the peace of contentment. Patience says, “I can wait for His time”; contentment says, “I am at peace with the way things are at the moment.” Patience allows you to wait without striving; contentment allows you to wait without complaint.
Not one promise shall miscarry
Not one blessing come too late
Though the vision long may tarry
Give us patience, Lord to wait.
While withholding—Thou art giving
In Thine own appointed way
And while waiting we’re receiving
Blessings suited to our day.
-Jane Crewdson (1809-1863)
TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 AMP
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalm 27:14 NKJV
Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes again. See how farmers wait for their precious crops to grow. They wait patiently for fall and spring rains. You, too, must be patient. Don’t give up hope. The Lord will soon be here.James 5:7-8 GW
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