“No ear heard,
no eye seen, a God like you who works for those who wait for him.” Isaiah 64:4, The Message
I remember back
in the early 1990’s Bruce and a team at work were being considered to relocate
to Australia. Of course, this meant the
families would also follow. The kids
were 10, 5 and 2 at the time and I was desperately and secretly trying to pay
off a huge debt I accrued. I discovered
that Bruce would receive a rather large bonus for relocating. I saw this at a way to pay off our debt and
have a fresh start. I began desperately
praying for the contract to go through so my problem would be solved. At the time I took care of the finances while
Bruce was working hard to build his career.
But God knew what motivation was ruling my heart and fueling my prayer. He wanted more for me than just to get out of
the trouble in which I found myself. He
wanted the same thing I wanted…for the debt to be gone…but He wanted the heart
work to also be done. So, I didn’t get the
answer to my prayer in the way I wanted but Bruce did discover my little
secret. Sometimes, we don’t get answered
prayers because there is transforming work that needs to be done in our
lives. In addition, only God was aware
of what would be experienced by our family over in Australia, and the impact it
would have had on our lives. I’m so
thankful He didn’t answer that prayer!
I sit here with a
desire in my heart this morning awaiting the fulfillment of something God
promised me over a decade ago. Over the
past 14 years, He has worked on my heart and changed my focus from the
fulfilled promise to the Promise-maker.
I am confident of the statement from Charles Stanley that I read this
morning in his devotional. ‘Sometimes
people require fresh spiritual insight before their hands are ready to hold
what their hearts desire.’ God Acts on Our Behalf, Charles Stanley. I fully believe that I’m not spiritually ready
to hold what my heart wants.
We all have
desires and dreams tucked deeply in our hearts waiting on God to act. God fully understands our motivation for what
we want and knows the impact on which it will have in our lives. God invites us to dream big and to ask for
whatever is in our hearts, but we must hold our desires loosely and give God the
freedom to act in His way and one His timetable. If we haven’t received what we desperately
want but it aligns with His will, then it isn’t the designated time to be given
His best. Most times, while we are waiting on God He is waiting on us!
“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord
would fulfill his promises to her!" Luke 1:45
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