Bringing a child into this world is one of the most amazing works
of God I never cease to marvel at. I won’t go into the details of the little we
understand about it today but one thing that strikes me the most is the concept of having to wait for 9 months before the delivery of a baby. A pregnant woman
may feel uneasy many times with bouts of nausea, backache, sleepless
nights but hardly would you see her curse and complain so bitterly; She won’t
do that because she knows very soon she will take delivery of her bundle of
joy. She may be carrying a weight around but she is going to wait for
the set time nature has purposed for delivery, so she waits eagerly and with
joy as there definitely will come the "bringing forth" day.
Every one prays to
God daily about one need or the other and sometimes we wait for years to
receive answers to some of these prayers in spite of promises from God and many
confirmations from different quarters. Oh yes, he is ALWAYS faithful to His
promises, for His words will never return to Him until they fulfil the purpose
for which they have been sent. He opens His hand and satisfies us from
His bounty. He is the Immovable Rock and Shelter, His name is a
fortress that the righteous run into and they are safe. No doubt He is God
alone; The God of all flesh with whom nothing is impossible.
As much as we know
that God is dependable and strong for us all, the concern is if He would
find us equally dependable and steady in waiting for Him and trusting Him to
meet our needs, give us deliverance, healing and whatsoever it is we desire. As
we look unto Him for the fulfilment of our requests, He desires to find in us
reliable and strong people who would stay focused on Him inspite of what it is
they see in the physical. God honours in enormous ways those who dare to trust
in and wait for Him when it is extremely hard to do so. People who have daring
faith move the hands of God to do gargantuan (large, massive, enormous, mind
blowing) miracles for them……
If we have to wait
on God for something, it is better to wait well. With so much weight on our minds,
we are robbed of the joy that comes with fulfilment of promises.Doctors have
said the moods of a pregnant woman is likely to impact on her baby in one way
or the other. When we are in school for the purpose of obtaining a degree, we
don’t see the sleepless nights of reading as a burden or a weight, why? We are
assured of the end results. We are admonished to wait with courage, wait with
joy and an assurance that faithful is He who has promised who would also do it. Psalm 27: 14 says "Wait on
the Lord; Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord"!
God is looking for:
People who would
hold on to His promises tenaciously like Abraham. “Abraham didn't focus
on his own impotence and say, "It's hopeless. This hundred-year-old body
could never father a child." Nor did he survey Sarah's decades of
infertility and give up. He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking
cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong,
ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said…. Romans 4: 19(Message version)
People like Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-Nego who looked at the King straight in the eye and said: If that is the case, our God whom
we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will
deliver us from your hand, O king. 18But if not, let it
be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship
the gold image which you have set up.” (Daniel 3: 17-18)
People like David
who looked at the towering Goliath and screamed “You come to me with a
sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in
the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom
you have defied. 46This day the Lord will deliver
you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this
day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds
of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth
may know that there is a God in Israel.( 1st Samuel 17: 45-46).
People Like Joshua
and Caleb who were part of the twelve spies sent to the promised land and
whilst the others were so negative and pessimistic about going on to possess
the land, they said “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to
overcome it”.( Numbers 13: 20)
People like Daniel
who after a decree was given that no one should worship God “……….went home. And in his upper room,
with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that
day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early
days”( Daniel 6:10)
People like the
woman who had the issue of blood for 12 years and just wanted to touch the helm
of the garment of Jesus secretly “For she said to
herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well”( Matthew 9:22)
People like the
Centurion who came to meet Jesus for the healing of His servant and when Jesus
was ready to go with Him to his House (what a great privilege), he said “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am
not worthy that You should enter under my roof. 7Therefore I did not
even think myself worthy to come to You. But say the word, and my servant
will be healed”( Luke 7:6-7).
People like Esther
who had to go in to see the King at a forbidden time knowing fully well that
whoever violated protocol would perish. She called for a fast amongst
the Jews and said “ My maids and I
will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against
the law; and if I perish, I perish!”(Esther 4:16b)
People like Ruth
who though was a Moabitess knew that there exists a God and she insisted on
following Naomi after they both lost their husbands. She said:
“Entreat me not to
leave you,Or to turn back from following after you;For wherever you go,
I will go;And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;Your
people shall be my people,And your God, my God.( Ruth 1:16)
How about the long
list of people in Hebrews chapter 11
32And what more shall I
say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak
and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the
prophets: 33who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34quenched
the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the
aliens. 35Women received their dead raised to life again.
Others
were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better
resurrection.36Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes,
andof chains and imprisonment. 37They were stoned, they were sawn
in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered
about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted,
tormented— 38of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in
deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth
They were Men of
like passions as we are but tell me why God won’t honour such Faith. He did it for them and will do it for
us. Yes God is willing to come through for us, but let’s dare to stay strong in
waiting for Him.
This day is going to be the best you have lived so far....
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