The Daily Word

 

I have just finished watching the final of the Great British Menu, which took place at a banquet in Liverpool. 4 superb chefs had won through to the final and prepared 80 covers of the dish each of them had presented in the heats, to serve to the guests. Obviously, they were essential to the banquet. But without the waiting staff to deliver the food, it would have been wasted and just left in the kitchen. The waiting on staff were just as essential.

Waiting can be a frustrating time, Hospital appointments don’t come, essential letters or phone calls that enable us to move on in our complex lives don’t arrive. A lot of this is due to human failure somewhere in the chain or in people’s minds which causes them to forget.

When it comes to spiritual matters and lives, there is only one source of help, God our Heavenly Father. And he never forgets or fails to deliver, but in His time. We have so little time on earth, and all our human lives have timed events at their core and ‘immediately’ is the normal expectation. Bur the Psalmist has got it absolutely right when he said in Psalm 62, “My soul, wait only on the Lord”.  

When it comes to spiritual matters, our soul is the only part of us that is concerned, And as God has created our souls, then they only respond to Him. It is sad that when we come into this world our soul is dead to God because of sin’s effect, But once that barrier is removed by faith in the finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ, then our soul becomes alive to God, and we learn to wait on Him for our growth and blessing. But is doesn’t happen just when we want it to, God will deliver it in His time, not ours. We need to learn patience which comes very hard to some of us but we are God’s possession so let us put aside our timings and rely on His.

Article written by Brian Preston, Elder @SFGH Church