Not Yet
From My Cup Overflows … with the comfort of God’s Love by Emilie Barnes, a wonderful book of devotions that God is using to speak to me and bless me:
When God is taking so long to answer my prayers, when I’m ready for results and the only answer I seem to get is “Not yet”:
I hope I can remember to trust … because God knows the end from the beginning.
I hope I can remember to keep on forgiving and asking forgiveness, even when I don’t feel like doing it … because forgiveness is one of God’s most useful tools for changing lives.
I hope I remember to thank him today for what will happen tomorrow … because thankfulness keeps my heart hopeful and open to receiving his blessings.
When my cup is overflowing with trouble and God doesn’t seem to be doing anything, I hope I can remember that sometimes the waiting (and the growing) is exactly what I need the most.
Psalm 13
1 How long, O LORD ? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
4 my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD,
for he has been good to me.
When God is taking so long to answer my prayers, when I’m ready for results and the only answer I seem to get is “Not yet”:
I hope I can remember to trust … because God knows the end from the beginning.
I hope I can remember to keep on forgiving and asking forgiveness, even when I don’t feel like doing it … because forgiveness is one of God’s most useful tools for changing lives.
I hope I remember to thank him today for what will happen tomorrow … because thankfulness keeps my heart hopeful and open to receiving his blessings.
When my cup is overflowing with trouble and God doesn’t seem to be doing anything, I hope I can remember that sometimes the waiting (and the growing) is exactly what I need the most.
Psalm 13
1 How long, O LORD ? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
4 my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD,
for he has been good to me.
posted by Jennifer @ 9:02 PM
3 Comments:
At 2:49 AM ,
Anonymous said...
I love it! I know I need to remember to always be thankful and to wait on God.
jason
jbbrick
At 3:59 PM ,
Ceen_Marie said...
My mom recently asked for another book by Emilie Barnes for her birthday--it was called "15 minutes of peace with God"--a daily devotional kind of thing. My aunt Debbie loves her too! I must be missing out!
At 5:44 PM ,
Tennessee Mama Duck said...
Jen,
I soooo needed that today. That has been the echo of my mouth lately... "God, why aren't you answering my prayer? How long must I wait!?"
I have to finish that with the "my heart rejoices in your salvation... I will sing to the Lord!"
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