Bible in One Year:
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
(Judg 9 - Judg 12)

Memorise: "Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh" (Jas 5:8)

Read: Hebrews 6:13-15
13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

"And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man" (Gen 2:22). 

When God finished the product He was making for Adam, He brought her to him. Some believers are so much in a hurry to get their partner. Some would say, "If God does not give me my life partner by such a time, I will backslide". Who loses? Is God the One in need or you? The truth is, it takes time to turn raw materials into a finished product. Go to a plant where brand new cars are assembled and you will appreciate all the efforts that go into producing just one car. Not all ladies are from the Lord. Proverbs 19:14 says, "House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD". If you want your partner from God, as you make your sacrificial inputs, be prepared to wait on Him. Adam did not rush God. He allowed God to handle it and when He was through, Eve came. If you are looking at your age, thinking you are getting too old and unwilling to wait until God is through, you may be courting trouble. If a product is to be made, it has to undergo several processes in probably different machines. It has a set time too. But if you want to bring it out in a hurry, it will have to skip some stages in the production process and turn out to be a defective product. Impatience of some believers has made them rush out their partners before God was through. Yet, today they are complaining about the individual. Be patient!

Another thing in this passage is that God led Eve to Adam. Whoever says a sister cannot identify her partner first? Although to avoid looking cheap, she may not want to bell the cat but pray until he too receives from God. However, God can lead the woman to the man, as much as He can lead the man to the woman. Both men and women have the same access to divine guidance. Are you a sister trusting God for your Heaven-sent partner? God will lead you to him. You will not miss God's best for your life. Go to God and ask. Let Him be your focus. Make the necessary seed inputs and be expectant. The Lord will visit you.

ACTION POINT:
Those who cannot wait on God before embarking on a project end up being caught in the machinery of delay after take off.