With so much going on in our lives, we often have to stop and wonder; where is God in all of this? Why can’t God just intervene right now, we know He can, and not wait until the midnight hour? We have certainly been at the midnight hour more than I wish to remember. Times when things looked so bleak, so hopeless and no light at the end of the tunnel. And I am just not referring to my own illness but many other ills that have come our way. Dare I question God and ask, “When will you intervene, when will you calm the raging storms?”
God’s intervention is not always on our timing but His perfect timing, so that glory can be brought to His name. God sees the whole picture, the perfect plan for our lives. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways”, declares the Lord. “As the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”. So what God see’s for us may not be what we think is for us. His thoughts and ways are much greater than anything we can imagine. That’s why we have to trust in His perfect timing and will for our lives. Not always easy to do, and this is where our faith comes in to play. Believing and trusting in the God of the impossible.
My wife (Lisa) had a post on Facebook a few days ago and it sum’s up so perfectly God’s timing and intervention in our lives. And I wanted to share it with you, with her permission:
Before God intervened, He allowed;
-David to stand before Goliath
-Abraham to have Isaac lain across a sacrificial altar.
-the three Hebrew young men to be thrown into the fiery furnace.
-Daniel to spend the night in the den with starving, threatening lions.
-Lazarus to die
But then…..
He proved Himself….
I think the point is that while we sometimes think that God should, and will, step into our lives and fix the ills immediately, it appears that God sometimes wait until the midnight hour to intervene.
With that knowledge in mind, Oh for the trust, faith and courage of David, Abraham, Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego, Daniel and Lazarus; to believe that God’s intervention will happen just at the perfect time! Amen…
Lisa
I was also enlightened with Sunday morning’s sermon. A verse from Isaiah 45:7 which says,”I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster: I, the Lord, do all these things”. I don’t ever remember this verse speaking to me before but on Sunday morning it did. What it spoke to me was, and this is my opinion; that God is in control of all things, whether they be good or bad. But He is God in control and I have to submit my will to Him. And trust no matter what the circumstance, what mountain I’m climbing, what storm I’m in; God is in control.
With all of lives ills we wonder why we have to wait. Noah spent 370 days on the Ark, why wait? Abraham and Sarah waited 25+ years before Isaac was born. Sarah was 90 years old when Isaac was conceived, why wait? Moses led the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan, a 11-day journey; but took them 40 years, why the wait? Lazarus was dead for four days; was Jesus too late? Never! It was all in God’s perfect time, perfect will and perfect plan.
So, you see, no matter what your circumstance is today; you may see no way out. God will intervene! I’m believing for myself, my family, my Mom today who is in constant physical pain (to Mom; God as not forgotten you, He will intervene and take away your pain, I’m believing for you. This is my act of faith.), friends and all those today who are in the depths of despair and feel like they’re drowning; God will intervene and calm your storm. May we all just “Wait” on Him and know that we are not alone, HE WILL INTERVENE! Just wait and see.
