WHY GOD SOMETIMES DELAYS – [Thursday June 8, 2017]
Memorise:
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis 2:21
Read: Genesis 2:21-22 (King James Version)
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Bible in one year: Joshua 10-11, Jeremiah 44:20-30, Hymn: Sing hymn 1
MESSAGE:
From
experience, we know of a truth that God answers prayers. It is also
common knowledge among those who walk with God that on several
occasions, despite consistent prayers, God may take His time before
intervening in a given situation. In fact, in some cases, He may allow
the situation to deteriorate to its extreme limits before He steps in.
This was the experience of Many and Martha, sisters to Lazarus (John 11:1-6).
Why would God wait until you are completely helpless before He turns
things around? It could be because He does not want you to tamper with
what He is about to do. When a doctor wants to perform an operation, he
puts his patient to sleep. When God was about to form Eve out of Adam,
He put him into a deep sleep. Genesis 2:21 says, Why God Some Times Delays [Thursday 8, June 2017]
“And
the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he
took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.”
Do
you know that God still likes to do some great things without any
contribution or interference from us? Sometimes, He many allow us to get
to a point of helplessness before He moves in to begin His work. He
wants you to be absolutely surrendered to Him so that when He begins to
do what He wants to do, you will not consider your own ideas. [Thursday 8, June 2017]. If
you are ever so self-willed, you may need to visit the bus stop of
helplessness repeatedly, but if you are completely yielded to Him, this
may not occur too often in your life. How submissive are you to God?
Similarly,
God may take His time before coming to your aid because it is in those
extreme moments that prayers are said from the depth of the soul (1st Samuel 1:15). When you are totally helpless, you will pray from your heart and not from your head. In Matthew 15:21-28,
when the woman whose daughter was grievously tormented of the devil
came to Jesus asking for help, the Lord ignored her, and the disciples
asked that she be sent away because she was too noisy. The woman simply
said, “You haven’t heard any noise yet. Whether you like it or not, I am
not leaving here without my miracle.” Then the Lord said to her, “I
cannot give the children’s bread to dogs.” She said, “Fine, I agree I am
a dog, but this dog is going to get her miracle today.” Since she had
no alternative, she knew she had reached her last bus stop, and she
refused to give up. People who are totally helpless pray a different
kind of prayer compared to those who have alternatives. Whatever you
needs maybe today, as you ask God, He will answer you in Jesus’ Name.
Have you reached your final bus stop? Is Jesus Christ your last hope, or
do you have other alternatives.
Action Point
Some delays are in your best interest. Ask God to make every delay to work in your favour.
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Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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