Jesus walked with His disciples for three years. They fled and fell apart as He was broken, bruised and then crucified for them and for us. He rose and restored them. He spent forty days with them after they thought He was gone for good. They had to be excited. Then He told them to go and tell....but wait. First wait for the Spirit that would help and empower them and then go and tell. Then...
Then came the waiting. That horrible time between knowing what you need to do, what you're supposed to do while your enemies are already hunting for you, mobilizing to stop you and spreading lies to make the job harder. You need to get out in front. You need to do something. You need to wait. Sometimes it's the hardest thing to do, but when God has not yet cleared the path it's best not to try to push through the brush. When we wait on His timing He goes before us. The Spirit is with us to give us power and wisdom to handle anything and everything that comes up. But when we run out ahead of God, the things we do may be morally good, they may be logical, but without the power of the Spirit we will take a beating and the journey will be hindered. It may seem like it's slowing everything done to wait on the fire of the Spirit to fall, but God is waiting for what only He can see, for the weather and wind to be perfect and the tinder to be gathered in ready so that the spark He set within us can be a wildfire that spreads through our life and can't be stopped. If we strike the match on our own, the flame may be lit sooner, but when the rain falls the blaze is extinguished Let God determine when to let the fire loose. It may be ten days or ten years of knowing what God has called us to do before we get to do it, but knowing when is as important to success and pleasing God as knowing what.
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