90 Second Devotion - Wait For It! - Aired 02-13-2017

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Ready! Aim! Wait for it! This thought that came to my heart is that, sometimes as Christians we get a little too impatient with the world. We live in a 21st century world where things happen at a breakneck pace. If we have to wait more than 3 minutes for a burger or 30 minutes for an oil change, we feel our time is wasted. In fact, a study from Kissmetrics.com says that 40% of people who have to wait more than 3 seconds for a website to load, abandon their search altogether…3 seconds! How did we get so impatient?! This type of impatience seems to have spilled over into our Christian life. When we pray earnestly to God, we have to understand we still play by His rules. God hears our prayers. 1 John 5:14 says, “that if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us.” But God doesn’t work on our schedule. The answer to your prayer may be yes, or it may be no. Sometimes, the answer is yes, eventually. Olympians who go before the starting gun are charged with a false start which can disqualify them from competing. So if you have something that you’ve been bringing to the Lord in prayer, stay patient. Don’t get charged with a false start with God. He hears your cry and in His time, you will know the answer.