Wait Three Days!

I am not a very patient person. Truth be told, I am very impatient. I am like the man who is praying for patience in prayer. He waits about fifteen seconds and then says, "Well!!!" Our world does not help us with this. We serve ourselves instant food, fast food, and want the internet that is the fastest. Sometimes our impatience works against us in strange ways. An airline pilot announced to his passengers, "I have good news and bad news! The bad news is that we are lost—no idea where we are. The good news is that we are making really good time."

Judas was not a patient person. Some have put forth the theory that the betrayal of Jesus was to make Jesus do what Judas and other zealots wanted him to do—confront the Roman government. Create a new earthly kingdom. The scriptures tell us that when Judas realized what was happening that Judas hung himself. Judas could not see beyond the tragedy. My friend, Rolly Walker posed an interesting question—What if Judas had waited three days?

Three days seems like a long time but it really isn't. Waiting for three days seems to be letting good things slip away. But I have found that waiting three days gives me time to reflect and really see what is happening. Waiting three days enables me to emotion down. Some of the worst decisions in life are made because we are caught up in emotion.

Waiting is a part of how God works in our lives. Harry Emerson Fosdick says that there are three answers to prayer—Yes, No, and Wait. The waiting prayers are where God is at work in our lives. It is like the ships of centuries ago that would leave Europe and make their way around the coast of Africa and then to the Far East to get their treasures. They would leave and be practically forgotten. Then one day, they would reappear filled with the rare treasures that one could get only by taking the long journey.

Maybe this Easter the message for you is to wait. Wait three days to see the resurrected Lord! God is doing things you never could imagine.

Pray for me as I Pray for you