Wait on the Lord.

Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Isaiah 40:31-41:14, James 4:13-15

As a child I remember very vividly some times with my grandmother that molded and made me the person I am today. In this devotion I’m going to tell a story about something that happened, and take a spiritual application from it. One morning on the way to church my grandmother stopped by the gas station. I would always ask for something from the station. This morning imparticular I asked for something from the station, and she obliged. She said,” whatever is left over put on the gas pump.” I ran in, grabbed some ZotZ, but instead of waiting on me to give her the signal that I had put the money on the pump. She started pumping the gas, by the time I got out there to tell her I’d put the money on the pump she had already filled up the car. The moral of the story is: the timing of the lord is perfect, and everything He wills you to do is within the parameters of his time.

There are two things I’d like to pull from the story mention: waiting on God may be outside of your timing, but it will always cost you more than you are willing to pay. Scripture says in Ecclesiastes chapter three verse one:

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.

What can we take from this? We must follow the leading, and direction of God. Here’s the thing it isn’t a restriction that we follow him. It is a honor that he allows us to follow after his leading. Never look at it as something that restrains you, because when you follow him it gives you the freedom to be lead. If society has it’s way it’ll lead you, and if Satan has his was he’ll lead you. Both under the preface or assumption,” Be yourself.” Individuality is very important for the Kingdom of God, but the moment we take it our own hands we pass the authority to something or someone else. His timing is perfect, it may not always align with what your plan is, and that may be one of the reasons it is so perfect.

Challenge: The second point made is that if you don’t wait on God it will cost you more than what was intended. Now while looking back I may have had only twenty dollars walking into the store, in the end my grandmother spent over forty dollars that day. I believe the same principle can be applied to our spiritual lives. Every day you come to a cross road. Every day you will pay a toll to go one way or the other. Will you follow God today, will you be lead by him? Choose to do so, and if you do the scripture says," He'll renew your strength.