Waiting On God...
15/02/10 10:12
In this world that we live in, things move forward at a breakneck pace. People are impatient and everyone wants everything immediately. Life changing decisions are made in a split second and people operate on impulse, instead of rational thinking. People do not like to wait and there are many who have given up waiting on God. In Daniel, we are told what the situation will be like near the end.
Daniel 12:4
4 “But you Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Many are constantly running to and fro, always in a rush to get somewhere! People cram every possible thing that they can into each day and they are constantly hurrying and rushing to keep up. There are many who do not even get the proper amount of sleep each night, because they are so busy. Even vacations are rushed and often filled with stress because of busy schedules. People have lost the ability to relax and to be patient. The pace at which people move through their lives occupies their minds constantly and they are distracted and torn away from the things that really matter.
If we are to be born into God’s Kingdom it takes patience. God has all of the time in the world. God is not bound by time, or the physics of this world that we live in. God is overseeing the execution of His plan and it will proceed as He intends and as He allows it too. There is no amount of worry, fretting, or impatience that will change that. God’s Plan has been unfolding from the time that man was placed on this earth and it will continue to play out on God’s timeframe.
God is doing a work within each one of us who respond to His call and allow His Holy Spirit to dwell within us. It takes time for our lives to be transformed and for us to begin to have the mind of Christ.
1 Peter 4:1
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
We are to be transformed into new creatures in Christ and that does not happen all at once...it is a process and that process takes patience and determination. God prepared Moses for eighty years before he was ready to send him to Egypt! Human beings want everything now...right away, but that is not the way of God! Patience is a Godly trait that we must exercise in our own lives. Patience is a very important part of being worthy to enter God’s Kingdom.
Luke 21:12
12 But before all these things , they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My names’s sake. 13 But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. 14 Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. 16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. 17 And you will be hated by all for My names’s sake. 18 But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 19 By your patience possess your souls.
It will take patience to face the things that are coming and to wait on God for guidance and protection. God will watch over us and we have that promise! We can trust and have faith that whatever God says will come to pass. Follow God...obey Him, look to Him, trust in Him for all things and have the patience to endure until the end.
Psalm 46:10
10 Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
God’s time is coming soon...will you be ready? Be still and wait on God.
Until next time...
Daniel 12:4
4 “But you Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Many are constantly running to and fro, always in a rush to get somewhere! People cram every possible thing that they can into each day and they are constantly hurrying and rushing to keep up. There are many who do not even get the proper amount of sleep each night, because they are so busy. Even vacations are rushed and often filled with stress because of busy schedules. People have lost the ability to relax and to be patient. The pace at which people move through their lives occupies their minds constantly and they are distracted and torn away from the things that really matter.
If we are to be born into God’s Kingdom it takes patience. God has all of the time in the world. God is not bound by time, or the physics of this world that we live in. God is overseeing the execution of His plan and it will proceed as He intends and as He allows it too. There is no amount of worry, fretting, or impatience that will change that. God’s Plan has been unfolding from the time that man was placed on this earth and it will continue to play out on God’s timeframe.
God is doing a work within each one of us who respond to His call and allow His Holy Spirit to dwell within us. It takes time for our lives to be transformed and for us to begin to have the mind of Christ.
1 Peter 4:1
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
We are to be transformed into new creatures in Christ and that does not happen all at once...it is a process and that process takes patience and determination. God prepared Moses for eighty years before he was ready to send him to Egypt! Human beings want everything now...right away, but that is not the way of God! Patience is a Godly trait that we must exercise in our own lives. Patience is a very important part of being worthy to enter God’s Kingdom.
Luke 21:12
12 But before all these things , they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My names’s sake. 13 But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. 14 Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. 16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. 17 And you will be hated by all for My names’s sake. 18 But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 19 By your patience possess your souls.
It will take patience to face the things that are coming and to wait on God for guidance and protection. God will watch over us and we have that promise! We can trust and have faith that whatever God says will come to pass. Follow God...obey Him, look to Him, trust in Him for all things and have the patience to endure until the end.
Psalm 46:10
10 Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
God’s time is coming soon...will you be ready? Be still and wait on God.
Until next time...