Streams In The Desert…

September 18…Where there is no vision, the people perish. Proverbs 29:18

Waiting upon the Lord is necessary in order to see Him and to have a vision of Him. The time element in the vision is essential. Our hearts are like a sensitive photographer’s plate; and in order to have God revealed there, we must sit at his feet a long time. The troubled surface of a lake will not reflect an object.

September 20…You may not understand; but I tell you if you believe, you will see. John 11:40

Mary and Martha did not understand why Lazarus must die. Abraham did not understand why he God asked him to sacrifice his son. Joseph did not understand the cruelty of his brothers, the false witness of a perfidious woman or the long years of an unjust imprisonment. (Job did not understand; Jonah did not understand; Mary the mother of Jesus even said, “How can this be?”) You do not have to understand all God’s ways in your life. God does not expect you to understand them. But, someday you will see the glory of God in the very things you do not understand!

September 24…Then coming to the boarders of Mysia, they headed for the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus did not let them go.

Teach me to see another door in the very inaction of the hour. Help me to find the very prohibition to serve you, a new opening into Your service. Inspire me with the knowledge that a man may at times be called to do his duty by doing nothing, to work by keeping still, to serve by waiting.

When I cannot understand my Father’s leading.

And it still seems to be but a hard and cruel fate,

Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading,

God is working, God is faithful, ONLY WAIT!

I pray that soon we will hear God’s voice saying…WAIT NO MORE!!! You are ready…GO!!!