GOD KNOWS WHEN WE ARE READY

 

GOD KNOWS WHEN WE ARE READY

Schooling at the University of Port Harcourt introduced me to fast-food noodles and meshai. What if your favorite fast-food breakfast happens to be noodles and fried eggs?

Have you ever waited in a queue to get noodles and eggs from your favorite fast-food vendor?

Sometimes, waiting can be thrilling and joyful, and you just endure the hunger pangs. But other times, the hunger is so intense that we repeatedly ask, “When will it be ready?”—even after we’ve seen the noodles sizzling on the fire.

That question, asked over and over again, drowns out the cook’s voice, consumed by our anxiety and eagerness to eat.

What if God was the cook?

Whipping up a nice breakfast, accompanied by a cup of tea, just the way we like it.

But because we’re so anxious to eat, we rush into a half-cooked meal, or maybe even rush out to eat somewhere else.

And I ask again, God, when will I be ready?

We may count a year of waiting, but perhaps in God’s calendar, He is numbering the strength, the faith, and the trust we place in Him.

In response to our anxiety, He says, “If you delight yourself in My ways, I will give you the desires of your heart.”

Psalm 37:4, which says:

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."

He would not have placed this promise in His Word if He could not, or would not, fulfill it.

The ultimate Father, who desires for us to run to Him each day with open arms and a warm hug, is deeply concerned with the details of our lives.

What have you been desperately waiting for?

What have you repeatedly asked God, “When will I be ready?”

I asked this question not long ago.

But the Holy Spirit is now taking me down memory lane to my favorite food from childhood: beans and ripe plantains with smoked fish. We didn’t have a gas stove or pressure cooker—my mom cooked this meal on a kerosene stove. It took quite a while for the beans to cook, but I remember that when I took the first bite, it was always worth the wait.

That’s what God is doing. He is preparing your favorite meal, the best you've ever tasted. And when He is done with what He is doing in you, with you, and for you, it will be worth the wait.

The world’s greatest chef is preparing your favorite meal and will serve it when you are ready. Because He is preparing you for that meal.

Revive!

By Guest writer.