Ever asked God for an answer, a healing, or a rescue from difficulties and to this point haven’t gotten an answer from Him? Maybe not so much as a “Got your message and will get back to you.” And then silence and the strong feeling that nothing is happening! We have been given the […]
Tag Archives: God’s timing
Follow The Director
Over the years, Joanie and I have been able to hear many choirs that our two sons have conducted. Both exercise skills and musical knowledge that still astound us. However, we have never had the privilege of singing in one of their choirs… until this year. Wes is directing the choir in their Christmas […]
Travel At God’s Speed
Cop: “Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going?” Man: “No sir.” Cop: “You’ve passed two speed limit signs in the last two miles.” Man: “I was going too fast to be able to read them.” In our ‘hurry-up-you’re-gonna-miss-something’ world, traveling more slowly doesn’t feel like the right approach. After all, […]
Don’t Throw In The Spiritual Towel
Does God ever show up late? Can we accuse Him of delay in any situation? The longer I live the more I believe that God has never missed his cue. He’s never been offstage when his presence is called for and his lines are to be uttered. We, on the other hand, often attempt […]
Move the Comma
“When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” Isaiah 59:19 KJV I’m naturally suspicious of any believer whose spiritual life is just one grand ‘boulevard of blessing’ with nary a bump in the road… whose reaction to spiritual warfare is, “What’s that?” If […]
Discipline of Delay
This isn’t a devotional about a slow God. It’s about our impatience. We tend to treat everything in our lives as broken pipes and God as a 24/7 plumber with an open schedule and a very fast van! And what is your story? Does God jump when you snap your finger? Almost never, […]
The Fullness of Time
† “But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son …” Galatians 4:4 KJV What a fascinating phrase: “the fullness of time.” That’s when Jesus came. Not ‘on time’ or ‘just in time’ or ‘in his time’ or even ‘when the time was right.’ The Amplified Bible’s rendering […]