A dear friend of mine tells the story of when she first got saved of bubbling enthusiastically to her husband about the Lord. At one point, her laid-back husband suddenly exploded, banged his fist on the table, and told her never to mention His name again. She fled to her room, and told the Lord “It’s all up to you now!” In fact, she should have been leaving it to Him in the first place. And she did and he did get saved Hallelujah! I know of other situations, where those waiting for reconciliation have blown it, getting angry with the other person because it wasn’t happening soon enough. And when we do this, it only delays the answer.
In fact, I myself have had to resign as the keeper of the universe a number of times! The picture I have of this tendency, is of an older sibling correcting the younger ones. Since this is not his job, the mother has to deal with his interfering first, before she can deal with the younger ones. And when like him, we become impatient, trying to do the Lord’s job for Him, we need to realize that we too are interfering. And when we are interfering, as with the above illustration, the Lord has to deal with us first.
Father, I want to thank You again this morning Lord, that You are in control, even when we have blown it! And You have promised that You are at work in all things for our good (Romans 8:28), even in this! And a big part of it, is the transformation You affect in our own lives as we wait. This transformation is an important part of the reconciliation. It’s not that we never have to speak or act, but we need to know the how and the when, and also when to zip our mouths. Thank you that You have promised to give us wisdom when we ask (James 1:5) in Jesus Name Amen.
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