Don't Delay God

Luke 12:18-22New International Version (NIV)

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Do Not Worry

22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.

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"Don't let God delay be His approval."
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             Luke 12:22 has always been one of my favorite verses. This entry is mainly going to be about verses 18-21. We are like the man that was storing things in his barn for later. We tend to store up things and go about things in our own way because we think God won't do it right or when we want it done. The man was even tearing down his barns and building bigger ones so he could store a lot of things in them. Once he thought he had enough food stored up, then he could relax and eat and be merry but he was wrong in the eyes of God. 

            God took the man's life that night when he decided to do everything himself. Now we don't know for sure how God took his life but I would like to think of it as the less of the two. Instead of thinking that God took it by letting him pass away, I like to think of it in the way that the man's joy was gone for the rest of his life. God even asked the man, "who will get what you prepared for you in advance?" God has that but the deal was that no one was ready because the man went ahead of God. You can't store up things and think you will be rich in them and only them. You also need to be rich in God. That should be your first goal and only one. 

            God will take things away from us if we won't wait for Him to do His Will. That is why I like the phase "Don't let God's delay be His Approval." This man was thinking that God was waiting for him to do something so he built bigger barns to store more of his grains in. He thought if He built bigger barns, God would give him more grain. That is all wrong. God will take the things away if we work ahead of Him or He will make us wait longer just because we have to get back on track with what His Will and Path is for us. His delay is not his go ahead and do whatever you think is right. His delay might be that He is working on you or the other person. The delay might be that He is getting other people ready for that time. The delay might be the world isn't ready for what He has planned just yet. 

             There is a lot of reason that God delays things. If He kept giving us miracle after miracle, then why would we need to trust Him? He is giving us a reason to trust Him and to see Him at work. He is hoping that we would run back to Him in time of need. God doesn't like it when we try to do things on our own. His delays could and only should mean that He is working for and with us. We should like at the delays as blessing from God, not the go ahead to do whatever. His Approval should be when we see the Blessing being worked out or bought out to where we can see it. That answered prayer that we have been waiting for should be the blessed approval that we are searching for too. 

               "Don't let God's delay be His Approval." "Let His Approval Be the Blessing you are looking for."