FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7
“I
will wait, till my change comes.” Job 14:14 NKJV
WAITING
FOR THINGS TO CHANGE (2)
Before you quit and give up in discouragement,
consider the long and difficult process by which a butterfly emerges from its cocoon.
If you try to rush God’s purpose and process in your life, you’ll produce
something deformed—something that can’t get off the ground and fly. Perhaps you’re
thinking, “I can’t wait for this to be over.” That’s understandable. Job couldn’t
either. HE said, “All the days of my hard service I will wait, till my change
comes.” But by God’s grace he survived, and ended up with twice as much as he
lost. So hold on, your change is coming! God won’t give up on you, so don’t
give up on Him! There’s a work going on in you right now. Something is dying
that has to die, so that something better can be brought to life. Let it happen.
Shadrach, Mesach, and Abednego told king, “We will not bow down to you” (See Da
3:18). Don’t bow to temptation, or to manipulation, or to ungodly persuasion.
Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses, or surrender to selfish ambition and
self-promotion. Don’t bow to the spirit of anxiousness and impatience. Continue
to walk by faith and not by sight, knowing that “[God] is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all we are able to ask or think” (See Eph 3:20). They say, “Good
things come to those who wait.” The determining factor is Who you’re waiting
for. God says there’s a purpose for all
these things (See Ecc 3:1). Wait, God will make the pieces fit together. He won’t
disappoint you.
Taken
from The Word for You Today Devotional
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