We live in a fast-paced world. Everything is about speed like cars, internet, flying from city to city, instant food, special chemicals to speed up the growing of farm produces…. You name it, the list is endless. Very often we expect God to move just as quickly. I want His plans to fit my speedy timetable.
When Jesus lived on earth, His seemingly slow pace sometimes disappointed His friends. IJohn 11:1-3 “Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary (This Mary, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) and her sister Martha whose brother Lazarus now lay sick. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” They knew Jesus could help.
But Jesus arrived some four days later, Lazarus had died. On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. ‘Lord,’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
They thought if Jesus was just fast enough. Lazarus might have been alive. But He had bigger plans: raising Lazarus from the dead. We can relate to Martha’s desperation. Sometimes, I long for Jesus to move more quickly to answer a prayer. Sometimes, it seems like He’s late. But Jesus’ sovereign schedule is different from ours. He accomplishes His saving work on His timetable, not ours. And the ultimate outcome displays His glory and goodness in ways that are so much greater than our plans.
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