All in Good Time

A Future for God's People
Turn to Me and Be Saved

Isaiah 49:8-13 (The Message)

 ^8-12God also says:
   "When the time's ripe, I answer you.
   When victory's due, I help you.
I form you and use you
   to reconnect the people with me,
To put the land in order,
   to resettle families on the ruined properties.
I tell prisoners, 'Come on out. You're free!'
   and those huddled in fear, 'It's all right. It's safe now.'
There'll be food stands along all the roads,
   picnics on all the hills—
Nobody hungry, nobody thirsty,
   shade from the sun, shelter from the wind,
For the Compassionate One guides them,
   takes them to the best springs.
I'll make all my mountains into roads,
   turn them into a superhighway.
Look: These coming from far countries,
   and those, out of the north,
These streaming in from the west,
   and those from all the way down the Nile!"
 ¹³Heavens, raise the roof! Earth, wake the dead!
   Mountains, send up cheers!
God has comforted his people.
   He has tenderly nursed his beaten-up, beaten-down people.

For Reflection
"I want it all. I want it now." So goes the lyric in a Queen song.  It is said of modern society that we are impatient and unsatisfied with anything less than instant gratification.  We get upset because our web site page took longer than 4 seconds to load.  As Christians we tend to believe that we were made in God's image and to accomplish His purposes.  Yet, few of us have heard from Him directly. It is often times difficult to discover what his purpose is for us and even less obvious to us that we assist in His accomplishments. It is hard to wait for the ripening time. In many ways we are like teens, eager to reach and participate in adulthood. 
How do you handle not knowing if you are fulfilling God's purpose for you?  Isaiah tells us to be patient.  It is good to be one of God's sleepers.

Pray
that you have confidence in God's plan for you and the  patience to wait for the righteous time.  Pray that you continue to prepare as God has led us to understand.  Pray that in spite of not knowing the fullness of God's plan we continue to follow the Way.