I have heard
many people make the statement, “God may not come when you want Him, but He is
right on time,” this is a true statement; however, it can be confusing to you
if you have not received the revelation about its meaning.
As I was making
my bed, God begin to deal with me about the Scripture where Lazarus had died (John
11:1-45). Lazarus sisters, Mary and Martha, called for Jesus days before
he died to let Jesus know Lazarus was sick. But Jesus deliberately delayed
going to Lazarus until after he died. Jesus knew if He did not go right away,
Lazarus would die; God knows everything before it is going to happen. Jesus
delayed because He knew He would perform a miracle and God would get the glory
(vs.
4-6). Martha was
upset with Jesus when He came because Lazarus had died; he had been in the
grave for four days. Why did God bring this Scripture to my mind? It was
because I had just finished praying, asking Him to do some things for me which
had deadlines. Also, God wanted me to clearly see, His timing is not my timing.
In other words, what’s an emergency to me is not an emergency to God. Although Jesus was late, on purpose,
coming to Lazarus, in the end it all worked out for Mary, Martha, and Lazarus’
good; foremost, God got the glory for the miracle. God will not share His glory
with no one! We are not smart enough, rich enough, strong enough, etc. to bring
ourselves out of ANYTHING!
Everything we have, God gave it to us; we can do nothing without Him.
Sometimes when
man does not help us and they can, it is because they either have not allowed
God to touch their heart to help or God don’t want that man bragging about “he”
brought us out. Even when things don’t work out like we think they should
sometimes, most of the time, when we have our own “ram in the bush,” God allows
it to fall through so to save us from getting the big head and saying, “I” did
this or “I” did that.
These are the
three reasons God gave me why He wait to answer our “urgent” prayer request: The first reason why God wait sometimes to answer our “urgent”
prayer request is so He can get the glory; in the end, it will work out for our
good, whether the answer is yes or no. God said in Jeremiah
29:11: “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out –plans to take
care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for” (www.biblegateway.com - Message Bible).
Therefore, God
knows what we need and when we need it. God has our lives already planned out.
All we have to do is line up with His plans for our life, not the other way
around; we must conform to God’s will, God does not have to conform to ours.
I know how Mary
felt when Jesus did not come when she thought He should come. I use to get
upset with God because things did not work out like I thought they should. Oh
how foolish I was! Thank God for His mercy, grace, and love for me; this kept
Him from striking me down. I would verbally scream and throw temper tantrums
and say, “God, why did you allow that to happen to me.” I thought God was
supposed to give me everything I ask for because I was His child; now I know
better. God will give us what is best for us, not everything we think we should
have. I now look back and say, “Thank God for not honoring every request I made
to Him.” And the ones He did allow me to receive, I wish He would not have; He
tried to tell me but I would not listen.
God might tell
us, show us, or have other people tell us not to do something but the final
choice is ours. He is not going to twist our arm to stop us from making a
choice. But we must realize there are consequences to every choice we make,
whether good or bad. For every action there is a reaction (whether in the
natural realm – you see it or spiritual realm – you can’t see it); I paid
dearly and unnecessarily, for the unwise choices I made. We know most of the
time when we are out of the will of God because deep down in our spirits there
is unrest. We might not know what it is but we know something is wrong. This is
the time to honestly seek God for answers, not go on as if everything is
alright; I definitely am!! Remember, God can see farther down the road than we
can so we need to let Him be God and follow His directions.
God
Bless!
Dr.
Dorothy E. Hooks
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