Don’t rush it; don’t get ahead of God

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Good morning everyone,
 
Our theme for this month: “Sanctification”
 
Our Bible verse for today: “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: he will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him …” Psalm 37:5-7 (NIV)
 
Our thought for today: “Don’t rush it. Don’t get ahead of God”
 
Have you heard it said that God is never in a hurry? It’s true. I’m often in a hurry, but God never is. Not only does God have all the time in the world, He has eternity, and His timing is always perfect. But me? I’m usually in a hurry. I’ve got places to go, things to do, people to see. I need this thing taken care of now, now, now, so I can move on to the next thing (Loose ends and unresolved issues make me uncomfortable.)
 
So, what happens when we get impatient, rush ahead of God rather than waiting, and attempt to do things in our own time instead of in His? You know the answer – we make a mess of things.
 
King Saul learned that lesson in 1 Samuel 13:9 when he got impatient waiting for the Lord’s priest (Samuel) to make the offering to the Lord in proper fashion and instead did it himself. It cost him his kingship. King David learned this lesson as well. In 2 Samuel 6:1-10 he got in a hurry, failed to check and comply with the instructions God had given for the proper transportation of the Ark, did it his own way, and ended up with disastrous results.
 
I have learned this lesson on numerous occasions too. There have been too many occasions when I should have waited on God but instead, after deciding God was taking too long, or He had forgotten the issue, or He just didn’t understand the urgency, I, like Saul and David (and you?), have gone off on my own – getting it done, but making a mess of things in the process. We get ourselves in trouble when we fail to wait on the Lord and do the thing in His timing instead of in our own. God is always on time, even if it doesn’t seem like it to us.
 
If you are waiting patiently for the resolution to some situation and God doesn’t seem to be responding fast enough, I encourage you to be patient and don’t rush it. The worst thing we can do in such situations is to get ahead of God.
 
God bless,
Pastor Jim
 
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