Peaceful

Living on a farm you see a lot of peace and panic side by side. One mob of animals can be peacefully resting under trees, yet in the next paddock they could be running away in panic from a predator. We have spots that exude peace in waves and others where there is always some activity going on. Our lives can be a bit like that as well. One moment all is right with the world and the next we are trying to deal with some other sort of crisis. This is just part of living.

I have been experiencing a week that seems to have had more than its fair mix of panic and peace. On one hand I knew that God had an answer to my dilemma but I felt that I needed the answer sooner than He was going to give it. I had a deadline (well sort of) and I wanted to solve the problem long before that deadline came into sight, let alone touching distance.

The confidence that I had in God having the answer didn’t reach my mind (it was in my heart) but I must admit that I have been badgering God for the answer all week. Just like when my children were younger, used to pester me for something that they really wanted to do.

Psalm 46:10a says: “Be still, and know that I am God:” and yet I still found it hard not to keep asking God for His answer. I knew what the Bible tells me in Isaiah 65:24 “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” But yet I couldn’t wait.

Just like I did with my children so God has done with me. He made me wait, not because He was being mean but because He wanted me to enjoy the surprise when the answer came.