A Promise to Ponder Volume 3, Issue 30

Luke 2:7 - 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

   Jesus, the fulfillment of a promise made by God in the Old Testament, kept by God, in His timing (Galatians 4:4 - 4 But when the fulness of the time was come , God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,), seen in the New Testament. We as people have a tendency to rush. We want to keep things going, this why we have microwaves, fast food restaurants, day planners (to keep all our appointments in), cars, computers, and the list goes on and on. We are an impatient species. We try to get things accomplished now, now, now!

   While we can try to rush here and there the fact is that we are all on God’s time table. It is according to God’s good pleasure that we are even able to do anything. We read the Bible and we try to get “spiritual fast food” by MAYBE reading one or two verses and then a quick prayer which many times takes a minute or less, then we are on our way feeling as if we actually did something profitable. Once we leave our place where we spend two to three minutes with God we put His will for our lives on the back burner, we put God in a small hideaway and forget all about Him.

   On the other hand when we face a sudden trial in life we expect God to spend time with us, comforting us, healing us, and making us feel better. What happens if that does not happen? We become bitter and say that God does not care about us, we begin to doubt all we have “believed in”, and we begin to question God. The simple truth is, we cannot spend “fast food” time with God and really expect Him to be our Genie in the bottle that will simply come as we desire and do what we command.

   We can expect, however, that God will supply, take care of, and help His children in His timing. He will, whether we are good or bad, love us. He will, whether we have spent quality time with Him or not, always make time to hear our prayers. Why? Because that’s the God He is. He’s a good God. He’s a gracious God. He will fulfill His promise in the fullness of time. Now that’s A Promise to Ponder!