![]() ![]() Remember all of creation groans for Christ’s return (Rom 8:22). However, no amount of sufferings in this life can compare “with the glory that will be revealed in us” (Rom 8:18). ![]() We all want to be children of God, joint-heirs with Christ, but in order to become this we must accept that this means we will “share in His suffering in order that we may also share in his glory” (Rom 8:17). Embrace God’s Spirit, accept His guidance and comfort “for those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God” (Rom 8:14). We must endure this life holding fast to the hope within us. We must continue to walk in the Spirit and win the race. Instead, let us be “governed by the Spirit” so that we can have life and peace (Rom 8:6b). We must not let our flesh govern us (Rom 8:6a). ![]() Let us make sure that we set our minds on the Spirit of God and strive to do what the Spirit desires (Rom 8:5). I may ask Him questions, but I can’t tell Him that he should have done things differently.Īs we wait for Christ’s return and the end of Satan’s world let us hold fast to the Scriptures. Am I to question God’s tactics on getting His message across? No, I’m not smart enough to ever question God. The man was born blind so that Christ could heal him (John 9:1-7). Why? So that the glory of God could be revealed through Christ. The man didn’t do anything to deserve being born blind, but he was. Remember the story of the man who was born blind. But, just because a bad thing happens doesn’t mean God can’t use it for His good and for His glory. I can’t explain why these things happen because right now I see through the glass darkly. I know that it gets rather frustrating to see the pain and suffering. Think of it this way: if God decided to end the world a hundred years ago, we probably wouldn’t have ever existed. We may think that He needs to speed things up, but may be saying not yet because He wants more to come to Him and be saved. We also have to understand that God doesn’t wish any to perish (2 Pet 3:9). We may think He is taking His time, but to Him it is going by really fast. I know that sometimes it is really hard to wonder if the fulfillment of the fall Holy Days is ever going to happen, but we must accept that God’s time is much slower to us than our time. The Feast of Trumpets is right around the corner to mark the beginning of God’s fall Holy Days, and the end of His Holy Day calendar. Many of us hope that it will happen in our lifetimes, as those before us did, and this season of the year reminds us of what we are waiting for, the return of Christ. To the last couplet of the poem, sometimes we must have the fortitude to recognise that, in pausing, in being patient, we may ultimately find that what we thought was meant to be was not.Well, there is one outcome we all should be patiently waiting to occur. I leave you today with a poem that is thought to be the origin of the proverb “all good things come to those who wait”. ![]() However, if in any doubt at all as to whether moving fast is the right thing, perhaps trust your instinct in that and create space to pause, to be patient, to move slowly. The trick, then, is to know when to “light the blue touch paper” and when to pause or simply move patiently.ĭo I have the answer for you on when to move fast and when to be patient. I know myself to be someone instinctive and intuitive, who often moves fast from decision to action, that when I “light the blue touch paper” I move fast and people move fast and act fast in concert with me.Īt the same time, lesson after lesson presents to me and to all of us through history that sometimes the truest and best course of action is to be patient. Today, on a quiet and grey winter Sunday morning, I am taking a “slow day”. ![]()
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