Monday, June 26, 2006
Patiently WhiteKnuckling
Habakkuk 1:2-5
2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. 5 "Look at the nations and watch--and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. 2:2 "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. 3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. (NIV)
Things seem to take forever. But, then, when they start to happen, they happen too fast, it seems. Raising two children--and now, in a month, they’ll both be gone. Building on our land--in a year our first 2000-seat auditorium. Getting to write a book--and now, narrowing a list of growing books that need to be written. Working in Vietnam and going to slow--but now, things speeding up in realms I could have never dreamed.
We spend our lives waiting and working, dreaming and hoping--but, regardless, faithful. When all is said and done, it is really God’s show and His call and His discretion. Some of the least gifted become the most successful and the most gifted the least successful. God truly is sovereign--and thank God He is! But, when He lets us see some of those dreams come true, how do we contain ourselves?
It’s been a good trip. I’m ready to pack, get on the jet and head home. I feel refreshed and ready to rock and roll. NO WAY I experienced this because I was so gifted or did it on my own. What an incredible church that doesn’t talk--but acts. What an exceptional staff--if not rare. What an awesome God--He lets us get to be a part.
2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. 5 "Look at the nations and watch--and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. 2:2 "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. 3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. (NIV)
Things seem to take forever. But, then, when they start to happen, they happen too fast, it seems. Raising two children--and now, in a month, they’ll both be gone. Building on our land--in a year our first 2000-seat auditorium. Getting to write a book--and now, narrowing a list of growing books that need to be written. Working in Vietnam and going to slow--but now, things speeding up in realms I could have never dreamed.
We spend our lives waiting and working, dreaming and hoping--but, regardless, faithful. When all is said and done, it is really God’s show and His call and His discretion. Some of the least gifted become the most successful and the most gifted the least successful. God truly is sovereign--and thank God He is! But, when He lets us see some of those dreams come true, how do we contain ourselves?
It’s been a good trip. I’m ready to pack, get on the jet and head home. I feel refreshed and ready to rock and roll. NO WAY I experienced this because I was so gifted or did it on my own. What an incredible church that doesn’t talk--but acts. What an exceptional staff--if not rare. What an awesome God--He lets us get to be a part.
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