If someone said they were going to do something for you, how long would you wait before you come to the conclusion that they were lying. I believe not long. Even if they gave you a time and date I’d still believe not long, why, because it happens to me too much these days, and I bet it happens to you, or are you part of the impatient club, anyway, that’s just how it is these days.
We see in movies where the young hopeful and trusting girl says, “I’ll wait for you” as her love goes away. In life, War does this to many; job replacement and career changes do it to others, and for some, Prison. But how long is too long to wait and be true to another person’s word? Imagine not hearing from someone you were waiting for years, could you stand it? No! Would you? No again.
In today’s fast world of social media, loyalty while waiting is extremely short. How long can you be faithful without some type of movement? I don’t know, maybe it depends on the individual and their track record with you, but even then?
Nevertheless, in the Holy Bible Abraham was put to that test. He stood on faith for thirteen years when a messenger of God told him he and his wife were going to have a child; they were already old and past their childbearing age. But as the years went by and getting older they quit, moved on, and so would you; the nerve of some people. They decided to involve a surrogate but the one that told them what they thought was impossible in the first place finally spoke again telling them that was a bad move after they’d been trying, waiting, and finally taking matters into their own hands for thirteen years and nothing; not a word nor a baby. Consequently bad things happened. (Genesis 15:2-4) (Genesis 16:1-5) (Genesis 16:16) (Genesis 17:1) (Genesis 17:17-19).
When we get a word from whom Abraham got his telling us something in our lives is going to be spectacular that we’ll be doing or achieve, don’t try to hurry it up and don’t doubt, or quit, keep steady because nothing will stop it. (Isaiah 55:11)
Jesus told the disciples in the midst of an oncoming storm to sail too the other side. This meant they were going to make it to the other side period (Luke 8:22-24). When God told Jonah to go this way and he went that, he got gobbled up by a whale, spit out and told to go too that he said no. (Jonah 2:10) (Jonah 3:1-3). God told the Israelite army to walk around a city seven times and at the sound of the trumpets yell and make all the noise you can and you’ll see victory over that City when the walls collapse and crash. (Joshua 6:15 and 20). Folks these are examples of doing obedience by trusting, believing, and not quitting; we’re to just do it.
Just a couple more while I’m on this roll, Jesus’ mother told waiters at a wedding, just do it. (John2:5) and Moses was told just do it, but it was forty years later when it happened. (Acts 7:25 and 30), Whew! I’m done.
Scripture tells us God will never leave us or forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6) and we have many examples in the Holy Bible of this truth, and it’s true today. So how long is too long? I don’t know, but if it’s a word from God, never.
Gaidi
