What do you think is one of the
most common things that aggravate people? Yes, unfair treatment,
yes, corruption and crime, yes, if you are being lied to, but one
thing I can know for certain that everyone has experienced some or
other time in their lives is to wait. We as humans cannot wait very
well. Have you seen how people get when they need to wait in
heavily congested traffic, or when they need to stand in a long
queue? Some of them's whole personality change. They become
aggressive and try to take chances by driving in the yellow lane or
they simply jump the queue and mumble some or other excuse why they
need to be helped first. Or other people do wait in the queue, but
when they get to the front they almost bite the head off of the
person helping them as if it is their fault that they had to wait
so long.
Why is it that people cannot wait?
Well the answer is easy really; it is because we have so much to
do. We have too many things outstanding and when we get delayed by
waiting, all those things heap up and up and before we know it we
need to work late, because everything needs to get done. And when
we work late our fuse gets shorter and in the end we are not the
nicest person to get along with.
Another reason why we battle with
waiting is because everything around us is getting faster and
faster and we don't really need to wait that long for basic things
anymore. Computers gets quicker, we go to a fast food chain and our
burgers are ready within minutes, we pop food in the microwave and
quickly heat it up, we put on the television and search with our
PVR the story that we want to see, we don't even need to wait
anymore. People like Investors can almost never go to sleep or on
holiday as the world never sleeps, it simply goes on and on. Things
happen by the second. We live in a fast paced world. And every now
and again when we have to wait for something we cannot handle it.
We are being programmed by the world to simply move faster and
faster.
And then suddenly one day the Lord
stops you in your tracks and tells you to wait. To be quiet and
still and to wait on Him, before you continue.
And what do we as humans do? We
totally freak out!
"Wait? Lord, You cannot be serious?
This is the 21st century, we do not wait on anything.
With all respect, I am going to lose out if I do not react right
now. I have to, otherwise someone else will clinch the deal I am
supposed to get."
In my spiritual eye I can see the
Lord smiling at us.
"My dear child, I created time.
Don't you think I know what century this is? A day is like a
thousand years to Me and a thousand years like a day. I know what
the future holds, in fact I am the only One who knows.
Trust Me, if you rush your timing you will be out of sync and
things will not turn out the way I plan it for you."
I can see each of our shoulders
drooping and our faces falling.
"But Lord…"
"No buts My Child, listen to Me. I
know what is best."
Are you ready to listen? Are you
ready to wait? I am going to talk about this topic over the next
few weeks. Come and join me and discover what the Lord wants to
tell us.
Lord, please help us to listen to
You. Please help us to follow Your guidance and please help us to
be obedient to Your Voice. Amen