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Hurry up and wait!

I was reading several scriptures a while back that may not have been designed to harmonize, but they did.

That is the way things work sometimes with the reading programs to which I subscribe.

On that day, I read  Psalms  70,71, and 74, Genesis 42:29-38, 1 Corinthians 6:12-30, and Mark 4:21-34. I did not try to synthesize everything, but I had some thoughts.

I was impressed that the Psalmist asks God to be in a hurry. "Make haste!"

Have I often prayed, "Hurry up, God?"

How do I hurry a God who is in no hurry, who has time absolutely under control?

"I am poor and needy," I join him in saying, and it is true. He knows that.

"In you, I take refuge." That's really all the refuge I ultimately need. This is not to discount the need of community, but if all else fails, He will not.

Then, the story of Joseph kicked in and the brothers are Joseph are having their own "come to Jesus" meeting.

Paul reminds us that "hot stuff" that we think we are, we've been bought with a price.

So, how could we think that God would forsake us? He would not even discard the treacherous brothers of Joseph. It took over a generation for them to find the opportunity to repent.

Jesus speaks up to teach us that everything big was once small, The Kingdom of God, at its essence, within us and within the world, can be as tiny as a mustard seed. That which begins small, has great potential.

God's in no hurry, but He will make haste to deliver us … only to teach us to trustfully wait for the accomplishment of His purposes.

I guess if it works for soy sauce, it should work for us.