There is usually a period of waiting that comes first before the manifestation of a massive expectation. An African elephant is the mammal with the longest gestation period. It lasts for up to 22 months, which is a period of almost two calendar years. Compare this with that of a rat which is around 20 days.
If one's expectation is very big, one's waiting period compared to that of another man with a smaller expectation may take a longer time.
It requires great patience when expecting a great miracle.
For an elephant to deliver 9 months after pregnancy is quite premature whereas it is the joy of any woman to deliver her baby around that same period. You must wait for your own appointed time as mapped by God.
Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come
Luke 18:8
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
There are those who have suffered untold losses. You don't the reason you find yourself in a particular situation, neither do you have any idea of how to surpass your present predicament.
Job as an example teaches us a great lesson on patience in times of tribulation. God's design on our waiting period doesn't mean that God is shunning His responsibility towards us like men do.
Some people telling you to wait is an indirect way of telling you to forget about your expectations from them. But when God tells you to wait, He will surely behear you. God has prepared a timetable for each and every one of His children. Wait for His time.
Habakkuk 2:1-3
- I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
- And the LORD answered me, and said, Write
the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
The mystery of God's designated time is that it is mostly not known. All we need do is to have patience; trust in His faithfulness to His promises, His love for us and His unending power to do whatsoever he wants to do at any time He chooses to do it. This is the way God wants us to handle our waiting period. Believe His promises and while waiting, start to testify of what He is going to do. This is why I always tell myself ”it is well with me” because l know He has said ”it shall be well with the righteous”.
One may not be privileged to know the times and season when He will manifest His power in one's life; but one thing is certain: He will do his work in your life at His own appointed time.
The waiting period may be filled with tears, but joy will definitely come in the morning. Some who waited for God in the past did so with tears in their eyes, but they never stopped being patient with him and they got their expectations.
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May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy. (Colossians 1:11)
Strength is the right word. The apostle Paul prayed for the church at Colossae, that they would be “strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience” (Colossians 1:11). Patience is the evidence of an inner strength.
Impatient people are weak, and therefore dependent on external supports — like schedules that go just right and circumstances that support their fragile hearts. Their outbursts of oaths and threats and harsh criticisms of the culprits who crossed their plans do not sound weak. But that noise is all a camouflage of weakness. Patience demands tremendous inner strength.
God's promise never fails, patience is the key
Patience is a necessary character trait if you want peace and perseverance for your life. Patience is a key to a fulfilling life.
Thanks for this message @godson380
This is a great message. If one's expectation is very big, one's waiting period compared to that of another man with a smaller expectation may take a longer time.
It requires great patience when expecting a great miracle. For an elephant to deliver 9 months after pregnancy is quite premature whereas it is the joy of any woman to deliver her baby around that same period. You must wait for your own appointed time as mapped by God. The mystery of God's designated time is that it is mostly not known. All we need do is to have patience; trust in His faithfulness to His promises, His love for us and His unending power to do whatsoever he wants to do at any time He chooses to do it. This is the way God wants us to handle our waiting period. Believe His promises and while waiting, start to testify of what He is going to do. This is why I always tell myself ”it is well with me” because l know He has said ”it shall be well with the righteous”. Thanks for sharing
Patience is key
In life there are times we might be passing through trials
But the end is always sweet
Warm regards
OSgood hear from you @godson380 thanks for sharing
I always enjoy your analogies with each teaching. This time the elephant and rat. When we receive a word from God, there is most always a testing of our faith and trying of the Word.
Psa 105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Psa 105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
Psa 105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
Psa 105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Psa 105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
God bless!
Daddy William
good hear from you @godson380 thanks for sharing