In God's Time

This morning as I set out to endure my morning commute, I noticed that being less critical of my fellow commuters could be profitable. A closer look at the way people were driving and their approach to the stop and go of the dreaded popular route was enlightening. There were those who casually moved along and often aroused the frustrations of those who left home a little later than planned. There were those who were on time and excepted the monotony of the daily grind. But in the midst of it all, the one who could not stand the fact that some one was going just a little faster and seemed to be gaining more progress stood out the most.

I can attest to the fact that it is almost painful to watch someone else move through what I see as an obstacle without any opposition. Some drivers just seem to make the right decisions at the right times. It seems as if they traverse through traffic like a skilled butcher, slicing through the most difficult areas and only making turns and adjustments when necessary. They make much more progress with so little effort.

In the body of Christ the danger of comparison causes us to draw unfair conclusions. No one is able to come to the Father without going through Christ. Christ stated in Luke 9:23 "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." True progress is in the cross. The more of our cross we bare the closer we are to standing in the foot steps of Christ. The footsteps of Christ lead to the throne of God. Frederick Douglas on August 4, 1857 in his address on West India Emancipation stated, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters." http://www.africandiasporastudies.com/downloads/syllabus005.pdf

Let's not avoid the weight of the cross and the agitation of the pressure on our shoulders. God has a plan for our lives and will move us towards that plan when we except the obstacles along the way as points to ponder and not traps to hinder. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. 6:9 Trust God in all situations even when it seems as if no progress is being made, stand still and see His deliverance. May God bless and keep you.

Thank you for listening.