Pastor Dave Ginter
 
We depend on the LORD alone to save us.
Only he can help us, protecting us like a shield.
(Psalm 33:20)

When I got in trouble as a little child, I NEVER EVER went to my dad! NEVER! I would just as soon have died then and there as to turn to a man whom I did not believe had my best interests at heart. If you want to know why, read some of my other blogs! My image of dad distorted my image of God, my Heavenly parent.

Do you have an image today of God that has been   distorted by a less than perfect parent? Hard for you, is it, to turn to God and call God your Father? If so, then allow the truth of today’s Psalm to permeate your mind. Meditate on the greatness, care, compassion and goodness of our Heavenly Parent. God is dependable. God has your best interests at heart. You can trust your Heavenly Father to rescue and to protect you.

Once my sister was delayed at a pharmacy in Beirut, Lebanon, shortly after the Beirut civil war had started back in the 1970’s. She was terribly irritated at the interruption. Then, the bomb blew up outside the shop door. Had my sister been on her preferred timetable, she most likely would have died in the blast. Friends, our loving Father God always knows best. God is never early (which irritates those of us who like things done early). But God also is never late. God is always right on time. The seeming delays of God may be an example of God’s care for us as a Heavenly parent, protecting us from harm or injury. That is what happened in the case of my sister. It may also explain why God' seems late for you.

 


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cynthia
02/20/2010 06:55

I can definitely relate, it is a the midst of our desesperation that we learn to trust God's timing in our lives, and only then, we can truly experience the riches that Our Father has already planned for us.

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