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The Time of God
"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord" (Psalm 27:14).
The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; and to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to our human nature.
When first converted, I could have said, "What harm can there be to take some of the money, which has been put aside for the Orphanage Building Fund? God will (eventually bless my work for the orphans), and then I can replace it".
I know that many Christians would reason thus. But how does it work, when we thus presume upon God, by going our own way? We bring, in many instances, guilt on our conscience; but if not, we certainly weaken faith, instead of increasing it; and each time we try to work a deliverance of our own, we find it more and more difficult to trust in God, till at last we give way entirely to our natural fallen reason, and unbelief prevails.
How different, if one waits for God's own time, and looks alone to Him for help and deliverance! When at last help comes, after many seasons of prayer it may be, and after much exercise of faith and patience it may be, how sweet it is, and what present recompense does the soul at once receive for trusting in God, and waiting patiently for His deliverance!
Dear Christian reader, if you have never walked in this path of obedience before, do so now, and you will then know experientially the sweetness of joy! (George Müller).