“And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness… an angel of the Lord… saying…. now come, I will send thee into Egypt” (Acts 7:30-34).
Often the Lord calls us aside from our work for a season and bids us be still and learn before we go forth again to minister. There is no time lost in such waiting hours.
Fleeing from his enemies, the ancient knight found that his horse needed to be re-shod. Prudence seemed to urge him on without delay, but higher wisdom taught him to halt a few minutes at the blacksmith’s forge by the way, to have the shoe replaced; and although he heard the feet of his pursuers galloping hard behind, yet he waited those minutes until his charger was refitted for his flight. And then, leaping into his saddle just as they appeared a hundred yards away, he dashed away from them with the fleetness of the wind and knew that his halting had hastened his escape.
So often God bids us tarry before we go, and fully recover ourselves for the next stage of the journey and work.
–Days of Heaven upon Earth
Waiting! Yes, patiently waiting!
Till next steps made plain shall be;
To hear, with the inner hearing,
The Voice that will call for me.
This devotional from Streams In The Desert reminds you and I that the work of God is important but there must be times that we stop and let the Lord refresh and revive us!
By His Spirit,
Pastor Bill