Hold On

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many peopleshould be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50:20

God promised to make Abraham the father of a great nation, with descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky (Gen. 15:5) Despite his great faith, can you blame him for questioning when this was going to happen when he was still fatherless at age 75 (Gen. 12:4)?

Samuel anointed David as king of Israel in response to Saul’s spirit of disobedience (1 Sam. 16:1). The problem is David was hunted like a fugitive and animal for the next seven years (1 Sam. 19:9) No wonder he cried to God, “Why have you forgotten me? Why am I sad and troubled by my enemies?” (Psalm 42:9).

Moses led the Hebrew slaves from captivity and into the Promised Land over the course of forty years (Ex. 16:35). Jesus spent the first thirty years of His life as a child, son (as was supposed) before the right moment came for Him to begin His ministry (Luke 3:23).

Why doesn’t God just bring about His plan in our lives right now? Could it be that once of the most important ways God forms us into the image of His Son Jesus Christ is through allowing us to express our faith in Him through waiting?

In the Proverb, Solomon points out the natural truism that “When hope is crushed, the heart is crushed, but a wish come true fills you with joy”(13:12-GNT). But Paul’s testimony that “the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us”(Romans 8:18) is a powerful reminder that God may not be early BUT He’s always right on time with just what we need.

Is your soul weary with worry? Are you frustrated waiting to know what God wants to do in your life? HOLD ON. God is on the way right now.