[Discoveries] 07-28-08 Waiting for God -- Isaiah 25:9 The Message

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/*Also, at that time, people will say, "Look at what's happened! This is 
our God! We waited for Him and He showed up and saved us!" -- Isaiah 
25:9 The Message
*/
Why does God make us wait? I think it has something to do with value. 
Some of our brothers and sisters are suffering -- some of them suffering 
beyond our comprehension. I wish I could free them from their suffering 
now, today, this very moment. But I cannot. Some are experiencing what 
the world would call a string of bad luck. Nothing seems to go right. 
Things go from bad to worse. Why does God make them wait for their day 
of deliverance?

I believe long ago God measured all the pain and all the hardship we 
would experience. Not sloppily or haphazardly, but carefully God 
measured our pain. This is something only God can do. He understands 
suffering. He understands the long, slow wait of bleak desolation -- of 
dreams unfulfilled, of hopes fading away, of relentless pain. Only He 
can look at it all and not be overwhelmed, nor become discouraged.

When God who sees the end from the beginning measured our pain, I 
believe He came to two conclusions: It will be worth it. And, the 
second: We will agree that it was worth it.

I am not a woman, so I cannot speak from experience on the topic of 
labor. But I was present when all four of our children were born, and I 
know that it wasn't easy. However, I don't think my wife would trade 
away any of our kids just to have that labor erased.

We wait through difficult times. But our sights are set on something 
bigger and better than all our troubles. God shows up. And nothing will 
be the same.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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