He is an ON TIME God

He is an ON TIME God!  I have found in my walk with Jesus that God may not show up when I THINK He should, but He always shows up just ON TIME. (Isaiah 30:18 KJV) 

When I was saved, I thought that the blessings of God were just going to pour in.  I was struggling then and really needed my life to change.  But nothing happened!  I got angry and said to God, "If this is what being a Christian is all about then I am done already.  Things are not better, in fact, for me they are worse!"  This was the first time that God spoke to my heart.  I was amazed because I was so busy thinking and talking and griping, that I am surprised that God could get a word in at all.  God told me while driving to look at a homeless person that I was driving by.  He told me that this person had been on the street for many years and had learned all that was necessary to survive on the streets.  He had learned to steal, lie and cheat to get whatever he needed to survive just one more day.  He also told me that if I were to stop and pick this guy up and take him home and tell him that he would become a part of my family and have all the rights and benefits that everyone in my home had, that he would be as grateful to me as I was to Him when I was saved and welcomed into the body of Christ and the Kingdom of God.  BUT, with this person in my home and having brought all his bad habits along with him, would I really totally and without any guidelines, open my home to him right away?  Would I give him a key to come and go as he pleased?  Would I want his friends from his old lifestyle in my home?  Would I leave the keys to my car and my purse out in the open for him to have access to?  Or would I want to help the person adjust to this new life.  Would I have to point out his old ways and how they were no longer acceptable or needed?  Would I offer to get him counseling?  Would I make sure that he was eating properly and not the way he did on the street.  Would I allow him to continue to use drugs and alcohol in my home and around my children?  Then it dawned on me.  He, although using the homeless person as an example, was talking about me.  And it all made sense.  My Spirit man was awakened and new and pure.  However, my carnal man was a total mess and God had to clean me up before he could bless me.

You may be going through a time like this.  We all do.  Even after we have been saved for a long time, we still are corrected and educated by God.  But he will always give you the strength to endure your "learning curve" . (Isaiah 40:31 KJV).  This scripture says: "But those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." 

So put on your Nike's today and enter the best marathon you will ever run.  You will never tire of it and the blessing along the route will bless and amaze you as you experience the wisdom and the goodness of your heavenly Father.  You don't even have to pay an entry fee, Jesus did that on Calvary!