Have you had your JOY JUICE today? It’s ready and waiting for you…just drink it
in and experience the JOY of JESUS!
God has been dealing with my heart lately
about the difficulty of “waiting”.
Though I guess it’s human nature to want something RIGHT NOW, it’s not
always what’s best for us. When toddlers
pitch a fit for something that their parents know is not good for them, we
understand that when the mom and dad say no, they are simply trying to do what
is best for their child.
When
teenagers ask to go to a party that will be unchaperoned and they may possibly
be exposed to drugs or alcohol, good parents say NO! They are simply trying to
protect their sons and daughters from harm.
Then why do
we have such difficulty accepting God’s delays in answering our prayers? We pray and expect God to give us what we’ve
prayed for immediately. But our loving Heavenly
Father sometimes has to say NO to our prayers, because He knows that we’ve
asked for something that is not what is best for us. Then at times, He makes us
wait…and often we are blessed with something so much better at His perfect time!
Isaiah
30:18 reminds us: “Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord
is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.”
If we
desire God’s JOYful blessings, then we must learn to “wait for him.” Let’s pray for one another to learn this
lesson and live it out daily in all circumstances.
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