Can't be Microwaved

“More than a minute and not even overnight. Change can’t be microwaved...it takes time.”
Loren Thornburg

Immediately and instantly we have access and answers to so many things. We don’t have to wait. We can find information online in minutes, email a friend with the click of a button, and have hot food ready to eat in seconds. It’s all right there, right away, no waiting required. Not like it used to be without access to so much information, waiting weeks for a letter reply, and our only option for hot food was time spent over the stove. Although the time-savers are helpful they also create a sense that all things should happen at microwave speed. The problem is when there are things that require time, waiting and patience. We don’t know what to do it with it because we aren’t used to waiting. The healing we want, the dreams we have, the areas we want to grow in, these things take time that can’t be sped up by any technological device. It can’t be microwaved. These things take time lasting longer than we want. Yet, if we are willing to accept the suffering we will be invited to the joy that comes afterwards. Don’t give up...it needs more time.

“All eyes look to You, and You give them their food at the proper time.”
Psalm 145:15 HCSB

David is recounting the many reasons to praise the Lord: His greatness, His mercy, His faithfulness, His righteousness, His closeness, His protection. In the middle of these is the reminder that He provides at “the proper time.” That means God is always on time. Now I can’t say that I always agree with God’s timing in the midst of waiting. He often seems a little slow or behind schedule until I see the fullness of what happens in the waiting. For with God He is never off the job and He is never wasting time in your waiting. He is always up to something, preparing you, growing you, shaping you in the waiting. In order to let the waiting have it’s fullness in us we have to remember the fullness of who God is...great, merciful, faithful, righteous, close, protective. This is why we can wait, this is how we can wait, because we know the goodness of the God on whom we wait. He will give you what you need at just the right time.