My sister, lean in to the delay.

“So that you will not be [spiritually] sluggish, but [will instead be] imitators of those who through faith [lean on God with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in His power] and by patient endurance [even when suffering] are [now] inheriting the promises” Hebrews 6:12, Amplified.

Jesus didn’t rush from miracle to miracle. At no point do we see Him ever running to do anything. He would pause and teach, perform a miracle and then pause and teach again. Yet, all of the books on earth cannot contain all of the miracles He did in such a short span of time. The Spirit of the Lord is with you and He is still operating the same way. He is doing great things in you, around you, and through you, and then He is pausing to teach you. His delays are His teaching moments. Watch for them. Lean in to them.

Let’s declare today, I thank God for the miracles, the signs and wonders. I also thank Him for the interruptions along the way, the delays, and the halting of things altogether. That’s when He is teaching me the most and showing me things I didn’t know. My God is a good Father. I love Him, and He loves me. He will continue to help me not be discouraged when things don’t go as planned. He is working, and He is moving. He is teaching, and I’m learning. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

(Read Habakkuk 2:3)

12 thoughts on “My sister, lean in to the delay.”

  1. Yes, the Lord who begun a good work in me will complete it until the day of Jesus’ coming. I believe and agree. Thank you. Blessings, Shalom and Agape πŸ‘€πŸ™πŸ½β™₯οΈπŸ“–πŸ™ŒπŸ½

  2. God help me to lean into and learn from You during the interruptions and pauses in my life. Help me to glean from the lessons You give so I will also have seed to sow into others. Thank You for loving me enough to put me on PAUSE to hear from You!

  3. Yesterday was another difficult day for my husband, granddaughter and myself. We had a meeting with our lawyer. In July 2019 we lost our daughter due to a doctors negligence. The doctor gave our daughter a medicine that affected her heart. It caused her to have an arrhythmia. The first time it happened they kept her over night for observation and testing. She was stable that night. They documented the diagnosis and monitored her during the night. But the initial visit was to do an endoscopic procedure to see if there was any blockage in her abdomen/stomach because she couldn’t keep food down after the gastro bypass she had done 3 months before. That was it! But the medicine they gave her made our daughter to have an heart arrhythmia. The next day she was in and out because the had to sedate her because of dry heaving without vomiting. I visited her the next day and saw the heart monitors going down to 40 beats and lower. The monitor would go off alarming and then it would stop, because her heart beat would go back up. I ask the nurse why is this happening? The nurse said we are monitoring her. I prayed over her and held her hand, she opened her eyes and said “mom I got this”. I am sure she knew I was worried. I stayed with her that morning and then I left to go to work. Later I called to check on her but they said she was sleeping and that the test was not back yet. The next day she calls me “MOM” with excitement you got to pick me up! They are going to let me go home. I said thank God! What about the throwing up? She said they gave me a medicine I eat some broth and it stayed down. Just then my husband and her 4 year old baby girl comes home and I tell our daughter that as soon as daddy and the baby finish shower they will come and pick you up. Our daughter was a single mother, hard worker, beautiful, caring, giving, smart and loves God. So my husband and the baby goes to pick up our daughter 2 hours later the hospital calls me and says this is the hospital your husband said to come now. I say WHAT:S WRONG! The nurse say we cannot find a pulse. I could not think! I could not believe! I just talked to her. I started to call Jesus! I was yelling NO! NO! NO! Lord this is not happening. NO! NO! NO! LORD!!! Please this is not happening! Not us! Not my baby! LORD! LORD! I was spinning in circles. I don’t know how I got to the hospital. I called my pastors one pastor was getting off the plane coming back from a conference meeting and the other was on her was to the hospital, but only to be at the wrong hospital because with all the commotion and trauma I forgot to tell her the name of the correct hospital. I then called family. I was thinking what am I to do, and I remembered 2Kings 4:18-37, Elisha about the dead boy and how Elisha laid on him and he came back to life. I said to myself I can do that, yes I will laid on my baby and she will come back to life. I was crying to God in disbelief that this can’t happening and they are wrong. My baby is not gone, she is alive. I got to the hospital at the nurses station medical personnel was talking and looking at me like oh that must be the mother. I got to the room my husband and my granddaughter were crying. I called out BABY and went to get on top of her believing that what Elisha did I could do. But my husband stopped me and said NO! leave her alone. Don’t touch her! I was sickened with HATE and ANGER! I wanted answers. I wanted the doctor. I was yelling “What Happened” Nobody had answers, nobody. They just said we don’t know. We were crushed and devasted, our heart was ripped out of our bodies. Tragic happened to our family.

    It has been four years still it is hard that our baby is not here with us. Her baby girl is now 10 years old. She’s in the 4th grade. She wants her mommy everyday. Her name is Tamia Siva’a Pi’i and is having problems with her attitude in school and at home. She is always angry a all the time and about everything. We need Jesus more then ever.

    We have filed a malpractice law suit and we are in the stage of a settlement. But I cannot agree of an amount. It is complicated because the lawyer says the law requires us to comply with the other side demands. Their demands is for us to give consent to medical records for three of us. We are being put on trial by the other side and we didn’t do anything. All my daughter wanted to do is get the gastro by pass and live longer for her baby Tamia. And they took that away from her. They took her from us! We need your prayers.

  4. Amen & Amen. Dear Father God, I will try my best to be patient with the delays in my life. I will continue to read Your word & listen for Your voice & instructions. I’m so grateful for all of the blessings You have so lovingly given to me. I pray to You, Father God, to please grant us peace; help us love, respect & have compassion for all of Your children, human & non-human alike. Thank You, Father God, for the beautiful, new day You have set before me. Please let me be a reflection of Your light & Your love. In Jesus’ name I pray.

  5. Good morning Father God, God of power and might! Thank You Father for managing my life as it should be managed! Help me to get out of my own way Lord, so that I can hear You, see Your miracles and learn from Your teachings! Thank You for this day that is like know other, that will never be seen again! Guide me Lord God so that I am doing Your will today and everyday that You chose to send my way! I love You Father! In the precious name of Jesus I pray, Amen! πŸ™πŸΎπŸ™πŸΎπŸ™πŸΎ

  6. Is there anyway that you could make the app so that we could touch the verse of the day and have it open up to it? You know the way that you tap on the share buttons and the comment button I think it would be a nice feature thank you for all That you may be blessed abundantly, and may everyone who reads your devotionals come closer to the living God thank you again. God bless you.

    1. I have figured out if I advance to the comment section and tap on the verse it will open. I cannot tap on the verse in the original devotional. I hope it works for you too!

  7. It’s been a while since I have read your devotionals from my phone. Delays are not God’s denial The Lord put it in my sprit. I read the devotional , where I should embrace them lean into, learn from them. The devotional that i read today gave me congratulation.

  8. I have had many delays through out life. I am praying that God will move me and not delay something that I have been trusting him for , for 8 years.

  9. I can’t tell you how much daddy has used this Devo to minister to me!!!! God bless the founders of this ministry and all those that play a part n of course the Lord !!!! πŸ₯° I also share these Devos as the HolySpirit directs me

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