Waiting on God

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him! - Isaiah 30:18

Have you ever noticed that God is not in a hurry? It took 40 years for Moses to receive his commission to lead the people out of Egypt. It took 17 years of preparation before Joseph was delivered from slavery and imprisonment. It took 20 years before Jacob was released from Laban's control. Abraham and Sarah were in their old age when they finally received the son of promise, Isaac. So why isn't God in a hurry? God called each of these servants to accomplish a certain task in His Kingdom, yet He was in no hurry to bring their mission into fulfillment.

First, He accomplished what He wanted in them. We are often more focused on outcome than the process that He is accomplishing in our lives each day. When we experience His presence daily, one day we wake up and realize that God has done something special in and through our lives. However, the accomplishment is no longer what excites us. Instead, what excites us is knowing Him. Through those times, we become more acquainted with His love, grace, and power in our lives. When this happens, we are no longer focused on the outcome because the outcome isa result of our walk with Him. It is not the goal of our walk, but the by-product. Hence, when Joseph came to power in Egypt, he probably couldn't have cared less. He had come to a place of complete surrender so that he was not anxious about tomorrow or his circumstances.

by Os Hillman

This is the lesson for us. We must wait for God's timing and embrace wherever we are in the process. To wait upon God is not an easy going process – it may be full of disappointments, frustrations and hopelessness but when we find contentment in that place, we begin to experience God in ways we never thought possible.

It's an Avanza

We have finally decided and booked a new Toyota Avanza 1.3 Manual Transmission on last Saturday. Well, at one point of time, we really thought we would not be able to buy a new car in the mere future. This is because, some where in January, we booked a Proton Sage 1.3 M/T. However, the sales men cheated us of our money and never delivered the car. Therefore, we cancelled our booking and were taken by surprise to know that he (the sales man) have used up our down payment money (RM 2,800) and was not able to pay us back. That was history….very bitter experience believing in a Christian salesman who is also a Pastor of an independent church in Banting.

Anyway, after a long wait, he has started paying our money back in installments. So, after recovering back my money, we decided to move on. But, some how or rather, we lost trust on Proton salespersons (I know it’s wrong to stereotype every other salesman as ‘cheater’). But, that was exactly what we felt….disappointed, angry, betrayed…etc..etc.

Finally, we decided to get an Avanza. We are expecting to get our new car within the next 3 weeks.