August weather in early July crazy
Bible in a Year:
Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
Just outside my kitchen window, a robin built her nest under the eaves of our patio roof. I loved watching her tuck grasses into a safe spot and then hunker down to incubate the eggs. Each morning I checked her progress; but each morning, there was nothing. Robin eggs take two weeks to hatch.
Such impatience isnt new for me. Ive always strained against the work of waiting, especially in prayer. My husband and I waited nearly five years to adopt our first child. Decades ago, author Catherine Marshall wrote, Prayers, like eggs, dont hatch as soon as we lay them.
The prophet Habakkuk wrestled with waiting in prayer. Frustrated at Gods silence with Babylons brutal mistreatment of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, Habakkuk commits to stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts, to look to see what he will say to me (Habakkuk 2:1). God replies that Habakkuk is to wait for the appointed time (v. 3) and directs Habakkuk to write down the revelation so the word can be spread as soon as its given (v. 2).
What God doesnt mention is that the appointed time when Babylon falls is six decades away, creating a long gap between promise and fulfillment. Like eggs, prayers often dont hatch immediately but rather incubate in Gods overarching purposes for our world and our lives.
How difficult do you find it to wait while God works? While you wait, how can you obey God in what He has already given you to do?
Dear God, help me to trust You to work while Im waiting.
To learn more about the prophet Habakkuk, visit bit.ly/35b7xTE.
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