WAITING WISELY
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LOVE LETTERS|DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR SINGLES| DAY 11
January 11, 2016
Scripture for today
Isaiah 40:31
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary; (ESV)
A man was trapped in his house during a flood. He began praying to God to rescue him. He had a vision in his head of God’s hand reaching down from heaven and lifting him to safety. The water started to rise in his house. His neighbour urged him to leave and offered him a ride to safety. The man yelled back, “I am waiting for God to save me.” The neighbour drove off in his pick-up truck.
The man continued to pray and hold on to his vision. As the water began rising in his house, he had to climb up to the roof. A boat came by with some people heading for safe ground. They yelled at the man to grab a rope they were ready to throw and take him to safety. He told them that he was waiting for God to save him. They shook their heads and moved on.
The man continued to pray, believing with all his heart that he would be saved by God. The flood waters continued to rise. A helicopter flew by and a voice came over a loudspeaker offering to lower a ladder and take him off the roof. The man waved the helicopter away, shouting back that he was waiting for God to save him. The helicopter left. The flooding water came over the roof and caught him up and swept him away. He drowned.
When he reached heaven and asked, “God, why did you not save me? I believed in you with all my heart. Why did you let me drown?” God replied, “I sent you a pick-up truck, a boat and a helicopter and you refused all of them. What else could I possibly do for you?”
Most times believers misinterpret the purpose of waiting, sometimes we wait without searching deep within if our answers are all around. When we wait on the Lord, our strength and joy is been renewed and certainly God will always send answers. Sometimes God sends answers our way in forms we never expected while we are still waiting for the ways we feel he should answer us. No wonder the Bible said "My people perish for lack of knowledge". Hosea 4:6
God is a prayer answering God, even as most of us begin out wait process for the year 2016. God will certainly provide answers, just key into it.
Prayer: Father, help me not to wait in ignorance.
2 comments
I was bless by this. Thank you
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gabby. This blessed me.
ReplyDeleteLord, help me not to wait in ignorance. Amen.
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