God's Agenda

March 7

God has His own agenda, His own schedule, His own time table. You can’t hurry Him and you can’t slow Him down. Oh, sometimes He waits patiently for His children to come along side and work with Him, but for the most part, He has a plan that has been in place from eons past. Our part, essentially, is to ‘get with the program.’

In Psalm 37:7, David iterates the lesson of waiting before the Lord; he says, “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.” David learned the lesson of waiting well. He knew better than to rush headlong into plans he had concocted apart from the direction of the Lord. He understood the value of waiting for Him.

In Psalm 4:8, David says, “I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” Israel’s mighty warrior king understood that the true source of security for a man or for a nation was not in strength of arm or military might but in the total peace and safety that accompany being in the hand of God. He knew the Word was true; it had been performed before—when God told the Israelites, “The Lord will fight for you…” Exodus 14:14.

When a believer will indeed, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding…” (Proverbs 3:3), he will surely, “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in earth” Psalm 46:10. Though the enemies of God rage against men of faith and the purposes of Christ, ultimately, they will be among those whose knee will bow before Him (see Philippians 2:10, 11).