Greetings in the name of the responsive God. There is no
other god in the history of the world who responds to people. The false gods
can't hear and see, can't act, and don't care, because they don't exist.
The true God is vastly different. Men have never heard or
seen any evidence of another god like God. God actually responds to and
interacts with His people. God plans and prepares and provides on behalf of His
people. God delivers. He blesses. He rescues. He loves.
"For since the beginning of the world men have not
heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee,
what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him" (Isaiah 64:4).
God has always responded in these ways, coming to the aid of
His people, even shaking the very earth in order to do so (vs. 1-3). God always
will respond in these ways, until the culmination when He snatches us out of
this broken world and takes us to a blissful eternity with Him.
So what are some ways that God has moved heaven and earth to
respond to His people who waited on Him? Ways that God has worked out the
mighty provision and plans that He intended? Here are a few.
Abraham and Sarah waited decades for a promised son. God
worked against the laws of nature to give them that son.
Joseph waited on God during long decades of slavery and
imprisonment. God raised him up and used him to rescue a nation.
After hundreds of years in slavery, Moses and the people of
Israel witnessed the phenomenal deliverance of God, accompanied by devastating
plagues like the world had never seen.
Hannah waited on God for a son, and God responded by giving
her several children, including one who would be a great prophet.
Elijah waited on God through years of drought, sustained in
the most unusual and demeaning ways. But then God worked His plan, sending fire
from heaven and causing many to recognize Him.
Simeon waited for the Messiah. God worked the miracle of the
virgin birth in the midst of all the right political situations to fulfill
prophecy. He then brought that Messiah to Simeon before he died.
There are many, many more stories. The point is that God
works on behalf of those who wait on Him. God has plans, and God works out
those plans. He moves heaven and earth if He has to. He overrides the laws of
nature. He manipulates governments. He reverses situations that seem
impossible. He blesses beyond what we can imagine.
God loves you. He sees your faith and dependence. He has a
plan for you. He is working to accomplish that plan. Sometimes, probably
always, the ways in which He works out His plans would make our heads spin if
we actually knew all the details. So keep waiting. Keep looking to Him. Keep
expecting His response in accordance with His good plans.
Love in Christ,
Peggy Holt
member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA
www.pressingontohigherground.blogspot.com
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