Day 7

HE WILL WORK IT OUT

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

Having prayed and been blessed by Eli, Hannah went home. What had changed? Nothing it seemed. She had placed her burden on her God and now she had to wait; probably that was the hardest part.

None of us like waiting. We are 'now people'; we want instant change and satisfaction. But God doesn't work like that. Our freedom is so precious to him that he only moves at the speed which we can accept and allow.

Our son Michael is now three and a half years old. For the past year we have been trying to teach him that he cannot have everything he wants. Each time we go shopping he asks for "a little something" for himself and he's only now beginning to realise that presents don't come every day. He is learning slowly; in many respects we older ones are no different. Even when we understand something very well it often takes a long time to change our old habits. Think of the Sabbath, I learned about it when I was five years old but I only began keeping it when I was eighteen. Until then I believed it was right but it seemed too hard and I wasn't sure of God's help.