WAIT with JOY!

Have you had your JOY  JUICE today?  Please feel free to drink all you want….especially while you’re waiting.

            We’ve all heard and, hopefully, believe that God’s timing is perfect!  But when we’re waiting on an answer to OUR prayers, that’s sometimes hard to accept, isn’t it? We have our own timetable and our own plans.  We think we know what’s best.  When we have to WAIT, it’s difficult….especially when our hearts’ desire hangs in the balance!

            Let’s go back to the story of Elizabeth and remember how she had prayed and prayed for a baby.  But in her old age, she still was childless.  This had to have been  emotionally painful for her but…..she remained faithful to God.  And in HIS PERFECT TIMING, he blessed her and Zachariah with a son, John…the forerunner of Jesus! Things worked out even better than she could have ever planned.  You see, God’s timing was PERFECT because He had the best plan!  

            When we’ve prayed and prayed and it seems that God is not answering, let’s never quit praying. His timetable and methods do not have to conform to OURS!     As Ephesians 3:20 tells us, God’s plan is "...immeasurably more than all we could  ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…"

            So let’s trust in God’s timing and in His plan.  God doesn’t forget those who have been faithful to Him. Never give up on the JOY found in His perfect plan!