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PREPARED AND WAITING

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“Abram brought all these to Him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.”       Genesis 15:10-11 NIV

 

As Abram waited for the Lord to come by and meet with him the birds of prey began to descend on the animal carcasses. Abram had to chase them away to protect the sacrifice from being devoured. When the Lord begins to move in our faith life, we can count on the fact that every vulture in the world will come against us to devour what the Lord is trying to do in our lives. If we allow them, many vultures will try to take away our time, our concentration, or commitment to the Lord and His work. We need to be on guard to protect what the Lord wants to do in our lives and allow nothing to hinder it or prevent us from seeing it come to pass. Protecting the sacrifice took Abram most of the day. Abram is in a holding pattern. He has the sacrifice ready, he is guarding it and the Lord doesn’t show up until after darkness has fallen. It was a time that required patience on the part of Abraham. The Lord never runs on our schedule! We seek to get ready for Him and line up with what He is doing in our lives. We wait and we wait for Him to show up and move in us and through us. He will, but only when He is ready! Therefore, if the Lord is working in your life, be patient and wait on His timing. Don’t rush in as we have a tendency to do, just wait patiently on Him and He will bring it to pass, read Isaiah 40:31. God knows the timing, we do not!

 

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord, teach us to wait on Your timing, which is perfect.

 

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord, teach us to wait on You, for Your timing is perfect. Stop us when we want to rush ahead instead of waiting on You. AMEN

 

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Matthew 13:53-58

 

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