Posts with the tag “waiting”

This powerful message takes us into one of the most tender yet tension-filled moments in Scripture: when Jairus, a synagogue ruler, watches his daughter die while Jesus is delayed helping someone else. We're invited into what's called 'the great in-between'—that agonizing space between God's promise and its fulfillment. Jairus had faith enough to fall at Jesus' feet publicly, risking his reputation and social standing. Jesus said yes to his request, but then came an unexpected divine diversion. As we walk with Jairus through the excruciating wait, we discover that faith's greatest test isn't in the asking, but in the waiting. The message challenges us to recognize that our crisis is never Christ's collapse. When professional mourners laugh at Jesus' claim that the girl is merely sleeping, we see the collision between human perspective and divine truth. The climactic moment when Jesus takes the little girl's hand and tenderly calls her 'little lamb' reveals something profound: what He decrees, He delivers. This isn't just a story about physical resurrection—it's about learning to trust when everything we see contradicts what God has promised. We all live in our own 'great in-between,' waiting for promises to be fulfilled, and this passage teaches us that delays are not denials, but divine timing that forges our faith.  Read More

As we reach the conclusion of Deuteronomy, we find ourselves standing at a profound moment of unfinished business. The narrator leaves us with a haunting observation: there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. Joshua is ready to lead, but he's not the one they were truly waiting for. This isn't a slight against Joshua—it's a divine breadcrumb leading us forward through Scripture's grand narrative. We discover that the entire Old Testament is filled with this beautiful tension of promises made but not yet fulfilled: Adam and Eve waiting for a son to crush the serpent's head, Abraham longing for the land and the son who would be a blessing to all nations, and David was promised a son who would sit on an eternal throne. But here's where it gets breathtaking: all these promises, all this unfinished business, finds its resounding 'yes' in Jesus Christ. He is the prophet greater than Moses who speaks face to face with God—because He is God. He leads us not into a strip of land between the Jordan and Mediterranean, but into a kingdom that will never end. He doesn't just command us to circumcise our hearts; He actually does it through the new covenant. The Scripture wasn't meant to be studied for self-righteousness or mere knowledge—it was always pointing us toward Christ. So we wait, but we wait well: in reverent remembrance of what God has done, in faithful dependence on His provision, in covenant obedience to Christ's commands, in patient endurance through suffering, and in hope-filled anticipation of His return. The question becomes deeply personal: are we waiting well, or are we growing impatient with God's timing?   Read More