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Isaiah 60—Why I Don’t Like Grocery Stores

It happens to me every time I go to the grocery store (or any store for that matter).

I pick what looks like the shortest check-out line but it always ends up being the longest. No exception yesterday. I scan the registers, spot a line with one person in it who has just a few items, and make a mad dash to get there. But it didn’t take too long to discover that I had found the world’s slowest clerk.

Now I don’t mean to be critical—I’m sure she did a better job than I could have done—but this lady was in slow motion for every item she scanned. Then came the decision—which bag should she put each thing in? She starts to put the tortilla chips in one, then pulls it out and goes for another before finally opting for a third. This was repeated for each item in my very full cart. I stood there watching in awe—I just couldn’t believe this process was taking so long.

Obviously patience is not one of my virtues. Like many, I want to get things over as quickly as possible—especially painful things like grocery shopping. I want things done fast!

Today I noticed this verse in Isaiah 60:22 “I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly.”

The last part of that verse really resonated with me, “I will do this swiftly.” I like that! I like for God to move and move quickly. But then I had to stop and re-read the first part.

“In its time.”

That is the part I don’t like…but it is a reminder that God’s timing is perfect. He is not slow to respond. In fact, just the opposite is true. When it is the right time God moves quickly and in an amazing way—but it has to be His time. We wait on the Lord, not because He isn’t moving or can’t figure out what to do next, but because He is moving people and circumstances to get things ready for that right time.

I always remember the words a veteran ministry leader told me when I was starting into vocational ministry. “Frank, there are people making decisions today that will affect your life five years from now.” Meaning that God is moving today in a way that will benefit you tomorrow—you just have to wait for it all to come together.

That’s a good lesson for all of us and one that I am still trying to learn.

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Psalm 61—Climbing the Rock that is Higher than I

Towering over the village of Bukabwa, Tanzania in East Africa is a large rock formation. At the base of the rocks is a school—the only school for miles around where the teacher to student ratio is 1:60. Our mission team was ministering in the area when a couple guys on our team decided to climb to the top of the rocks. They had been told by locals that it was an easy climb and wouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.

The guys asked that I take their picture once they reached the peak. So I waited for them to climb—and I waited and waited. Finally I could see a figure emerge onto the top of the rocks. Even with the camera zoom it was hard to make out who it was—but I was able to figure out that it wasn’t one of our team. It was one of the locals who was serving as a guide.

So I waited longer until eventually our two guys appeared with arms raised in victory. They had successfully made it to the top of the rock that was higher than everyone and everything else. When they came down they told me that the hike wasn’t so simple. At points they had to pass through very narrow areas that required them to get on their hands and knees to crawl through. But they also told of the incredible views and new perspective they gained by reaching the summit.

When I read Psalm 61 I can’t help but think about that experience in Africa. David is praying—crying out to the Lord in a time of adversity. He says, “From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (v2). David had turned to the Lord in the past for protection (v3) and God had been faithful. Now he longed to enter once again into the Lord’s shelter (v4) but to do that he would need to be led to that Rock that was higher than he was.

Just like my teammates had to be led to find their way up that African rock formation, we have to be led into the place that God would have us. That means that we have to first humble ourselves and acknowledge that there is something or someone higher than us. We have to admit that we cannot do it all ourselves, that we cannot find our own way out. We have to become dependent on the Lord. And that means that we need to get on our hands and knees as we seek His face and allow Him to take us through even the narrow, difficult crevices to reach the top.

Yes, sometimes that ascent takes longer than we anticipated. Sometimes the going is slow in spots. Sometimes we may entertain thoughts of stopping or going back. But when we continue our ascent, God brings us to a place of perspective, a place of peace, a place of victory. Once you reach that place you realize the trip was worth it.

May we humble ourselves today and trust the Lord to lead us to the rock that is higher than us.
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Psalm 57—Cave Dwellers

Imagine for a moment that you are literally running for your life.

You haven’t done anything wrong, but a large group of men are chasing after you and will stop at nothing short of your death. You have been on the run for days, managing to stay just one step ahead of your adversaries. As you make your way over a ridge you stumble onto some hills and are surprised to find a cave. You duck into the cave. Your heart feels like it will beat through your chest.

Will you be discovered? Will this be the end for you? How long will you be able to hold out in the cave?

Now if that were me, those are the kinds of questions that would fill my mind. Admittedly, I would not be in the mood to sing! But that is what we find David doing as he fled from King Saul in Psalm 57. He is hiding out in a cave writing music! David saw the cave as God’s provision and the way in which God would keep David in the shadow of His wings “until the disaster has passed” (v1).

Sometimes in life God gives us a cave to duck into until the storm of our current problems passes. The cave isn’t necessarily the most pleasant place to be—certainly not long term—but it is a place of safety. It is a temporary place to collect your thoughts, to rest, to wait and even to grow.

Maybe that cave is a short-term job or ministry that God uses to “hold you over” while He readies something more permanent for you. Maybe the cave is a relationship that God brings into your life for a season to help you get through difficult times. Maybe the cave is a short-lived opportunity that will stretch and grow you into what God wants you to be long-term.

What do you do when you are in a cave? Four things: Remember God still has a purpose for your life even if you can’t see it right now (v2). Thank God for his love and faithfulness in sending you a cave (v3). Look for ways to glorify God in the midst of your cave (vv5, 11). Finally, stay positive and find something to sing about (vv7-8).

One final thought: don’t move out of the cave prematurely. David took refuge until the disaster was gone. God will, I believe, make it clear when it is safe to leave the cave and move on with your life. Until then take refuge in the shadow of His wing and be a cave dweller.

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Frank Banfill is an international speaker, leadership developer, and president of MaxPoint Ministries (www.maxpoint.org) which seeks to help individuals and ministries realize their full potential in Christ. Please forward this to your family & friends. To get Frank’s devotionals delivered free to your inbox, or to request reprint rights, visit www.FranksBibleBlog.com.

Psalm 56--My Tears in God’s Bottle

Sometimes all you can do is cry.

Now, that’s not a bad thing—crying often releases stored up emotions and you actually feel better once they are out. But don’t we wonder if anyone really cares about our tears? Don’t we wonder if our tears will really accomplish anything? After all, when we finish crying the problem or pain that led to the crying is still there. We might feel better but our reality hasn’t changed.

Or has it?

David in Psalm 56 was at a point in his life where all he could do was cry—and call out to the Lord. Try as he might, he couldn’t fix his situation. He couldn’t strategize a way out. All that was left were his tears as his adversaries hunted him down to attack him in their pride (v2). But David points out that his tears did not go unnoticed, but rather Almighty God would remember and record them. “Record my lament,” David cried, “list my tears on your scroll—are they not in your record?” (vs. 8) The scroll or possibly a better translation, wineskin, is the visual David gives as his tears are noted in heaven. In 2 Kings 20:5 and Jeremiah 31:18 we are told that God hears, sees, and responds to the tears of His people. That was something that David knew as well. Someone did notice his tears during that season of life when people were twisting his words (v5) and conspiring against him
(v6).

Those were lonely days but David was not alone. The Creator not only saw David’s tears but sustained and delivered him (v13).

The difference between tears that fall meaninglessly and tears that move heaven is two words: pride and trust. Pride says “I’ll fix it or worry about it until I can find a way out.” Trust says “God—you’ve got this one. I release my situation to You and You alone.” Trust will drive us to God’s word (vv4, 10) that we might turn our focus to praise. Trust keeps on keeping on, serving Him despite our circumstances (v12).

Can our tears really make a difference? They can when turn to God and trust Him to store our tears in His bottle and respond to them in His time.

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Frank Banfill is an author, international speaker, and president of MaxPoint Ministries, whose purpose is to help individuals, churches and ministries reach their full potential. Please forward this blog to your family & friends. Not a subscriber? Sign up now at www.FranksBibleBlog.com.

Exodus 10--The Long Anticipated Road Emerges

As I write this, I can hear heavy machinery moving dirt not far from my house. For years, the city has planned the expansion of a road and intersection near us. We've heard about it. Read about it. We've even talked about it. Now we are starting to see what it will look like and exactly where the road will go.

The current road is very narrow and is a traffic bottleneck. It intersects rail road tracks without crossing bars, making the intersection not only congested but dangerous. All of that, however, is about to change.

While we knew change was coming, we did not know the magnitude of the construction. We can now see that the roadway will be 4-5 times the size of what it was, with numerous traffic and turning lanes. It is one thing to understand something conceptually; it is quite another thing to actually start to see it now that the dirt is moving.

This is what took place in Exodus 10 as God unleashed two more plagues on Egypt. God began to pull the vail back so that Moses could see the bigger picture. The plagues and various altercations with Pharaoh was about more than just the Israelites leaving. They were about God doing something so incredible that people would talk about it for generations (v2). The plagues become a monument to the greatness of God and the destructiveness of sin.

Conceptually, people may have known about God's power, but it was another thing all together when they saw it for themselves. God had promised to not only make the Israelites a great nation, but He promised a land for them. They heard about the "future construction" plans but had never seen anything that would indicate it would happen. That all changed when the "dirt started to move" with the various plagues. Everyone could see God's power for themselves. Everyone could know that He had the might to do what He said He would do.

Even though God's power was on display for all to see, there were still those who failed to accept its ramifications. Pharaoh was so infatuated with himself that he would not listen to advice or accept the reality that Egypt was ruined (v7). He would try to bargain with the man of God, but would not accept the full terms that God had given. He saw God's might, but he still wanted to stay in control of the situation. The road was emerging but Pharaoh refused to accept it.

So what does this mean to us today? Well, this story reminds us that there are at least three action items we all need to take. First, look for God working around you. God is always at work--we just are oblivious to it most of the time. Second, remember that what you do see now is probably only a glimpse of what is to come. Finally, when you know that God is moving in your life, respond appropriately. Don't be controlling. Don't try to bargain with God. Just surrender yourself to Him as He unfolds the future.

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Exodus 11--Planning Ahead

Have you ever gone someplace only to realize once you got there that you were missing something you needed? Maybe you realize once you arrive at your beach vacation destination that you forgot your sandals. Or you travel to a business meeting and realize a critical handout is sitting back on your desk--1,000 miles away.

Maybe it's not that you forgot something, maybe it is that you never had what you needed to start with. I remember in college I was encouraged to try to test out of several courses because of my strong high school grades. So I signed up for the science, history and humanities tests. Science and history went great. The problem was humanities. At the time, I didn't even know what the word humanities meant! But I took the test anyway--which included identifying famous paintings, painters, literary works, authors, etc. I looked at the questions and had absolutely no idea what the answers were. So I guessed at all of them. Needless to say, I failed miserably.

The problem was that I was not equipped with what was needed--in this case knowledge--to accomplish the task before me. Had I known a couple years earlier that I would be taking that test, then maybe I would have made sure that I got what I needed. The point is that sometimes we forget what we need, and sometimes we never had what we needed in the first place.

God, however, knows exactly what we will need in the future to do exactly what He calls us to do. He gifts us and equips us and allows certain experiences--all to prepare us for what is to come. We see a great example of this in Exodus 11. Now it's easy to miss because it is just an aside in the story of Moses telling Pharaoh that the 10th and final plague--the death of the firstborn--was about to come.

In verse 2, God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites to ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold. We find out later that the Egyptians were more than happy to oblige. Now this verse looks strangely out of place in this chapter. After all, we are talking about the death of scores of people if they fail to appropriate God's remedy. Yet while God gives instructions on the plague, He also throws in the gold and silver task. Why?

If I'm an Israelite, all I'm thinking about is how do we get out of town--quick. I'm not thinking about asking for a bunch of extra stuff to take with me. God, however, was looking ahead. He was looking ahead to the tabernacle that He would instruct the Israelites to build while they were in the middle of the wilderness. He was providing them with the materials they would need in the future, even though they had no idea at the time that they would need it.

Friend, whatever it is that you are going through now may just be God preparing you for tomorrow. It may be God giving you the tools now that you may not use until years later. But that is just how God is--always looking ahead.

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Exodus 6--Now You Will See

"It's got to be right around here," I said to myself in excitement as I drove the mini-van with our family in it. I must admit that even as a grown man, I was pretty excited. After all, when you hear about something all of your life, see numerous pictures of it, study it in school, and so on, it is exciting to know that you are about to finally see it for yourself.

The terrain got steeper as we made our way around the mountain until finally I could see a nose. Within moments the rest of a head came into view.

We were looking at George Washington's head on Mt. Rushmore!

We continued to drive and found the park entrance. There we could see the massive carvings of the four U.S. presidents who had been memorialized in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It's funny--those heads are so big yet from the angle that we approached them, we couldn't see them at first. We had to drive a little farther until the whole scene came into view.

In Exodus 6 God makes an interesting statement to Moses. It starts off with the phrase, "Now you will see what I will do" (v1). Moses had complained that God hadn't answered the Israelites call for help (chapter 5). He couldn't see God at work. But the reality was that he hadn't reached the right point--the right angle--where he could see God move. Like our approach to Mt. Rushmore, things did not come into full view until we had reached a certain point. God's workings are often obscured for us until we reach a certain place where we can see and appreciate them.

Seven times in this chapter God says, "I will." "I will bring you out." "I will free you." "I will take you as my own people." Moses needed to get ready because he was rounding the corner where God's glory would be on display for all to see. "Fasten your seat belt, Moses. I'm about to take you on a wild ride where you and all of Israel will see Me at work like never before." (My paraphrase!)

Friend, today you may be discouraged because the future is obscured. You don't know what is around the next bend. God's working is not visible to you right now. But take heart! At the right time, when you've reached the right elevation, after you've turned that last corner, then you will see.

Fasten your seat belt, open your eyes, and look to the Lord above. His power will soon come into view.

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Exodus 5--When 911 Doesn't Answer

There are some things that we expect to always be there for us and always work every time we need it. One of those is when we dial 911 for emergency help. We expect, and rightly so, that the call will be answered by a highly trained professional who can immediately dispatch assistance. Every once in a great while, however, the 911 system for a community will go down. On those rare occasions, callers cannot get the urgent help that they have come to expect.

While they didn't have 911 in his day--or even telephones for that matter--for Moses it was as if he was dialing 911 and no one was answering. In Exodus 5:23 Moses says to God, "Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all." Let me paraphrase: "God, we dialed heaven's 911 line and you didn't come when we called!"

Now before you question Moses for saying this, consider that he was getting pressure from both sides. He goes to Pharaoh, like God told him to do, and asks for the Israelites to be able to leave Egypt. Pharaoh gets mad at the request and makes work even harder for the Israelite slaves. This in turn makes the Israelites furious with Moses.

No wonder Moses was dialing 911!

Notice that from Moses' perspective God let them down because he didn't come to their immediate rescue. Even though God had told Moses that Pharaoh would initially balk at his request, when things went from bad to worse Moses thought God would step in and take care of everything. He didn't--at least not right away.

Here are five principles we can take from this chapter.

1) We need to communicate with God on an ongoing basis--not just when we need help. This means listening to Him as well as talking.

2) What looks like an emergency to us may not be that to God. It's all a matter of perspective.

3) Just because divine help is not immediate does not mean that it isn't coming. God has a reason for our waiting.

4) Just because God calls us to do something, it does not mean that it will be easy or accomplished quickly. In fact, the opposite is usually true.

5) God responds with what is best, not always with what we want.

So do we stop dialing 911 just because of the rare occasion that we might not get an immediate answer? Absolutely not! What about those emergency prayers, do we stop those? Absolutely not! But if those prayers are not met with an immediate response, then it may mean that we need to take a step back and consider these five principles.

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Exodus 2--The Fugitive and the Pizza Delivery Man

A baby marked for death. A prince. A killer. A fugitive alone in the desert. A family man.

All these phrases are how Moses is describe in Exodus 2. These 25 verses span 40 years of Moses' life. There certainly are a lot of details that we don't know about Moses, but the most important that we do know is this: "God saw the sons of Israel and God took notice of them" (v25).

How did God take notice of the terrible plight of the Israelites' Egyptian bondage? He raised up Moses.

Long before the "groaning" of His people reached epic proportions, God was already at work. He was already preparing a deliverer. He already had things in motion that would eventually lead to their salvation.

As I read this chapter, I am struck by two things. First, the way God worked in Moses' life and how God can use all of our experiences--good, bad or indifferent--to prepare us for kingdom impact.

The second is how God is always at work even when we don't see Him working. I imagine that as the Israelites sweated under the Middle Eastern sun fulfilling the burdensome tasks of their Egyptian masters, they wondered where God was in all of it. They cried to the Lord--but the answer was not immediate. Many times the answers to our prayers aren't readily visible, but that does not mean that the answer is not on the way.

We often expect the answers to our prayers to be delivered like pizza--hot, fresh, and in about 30 minutes.

God's answers are always fresh, but they happen on His time frame, not ours. When we find ourselves waiting for those answers to get delivered, we should take heart that God hears and He is at work.

We also have to realize that, like Moses, you and I just might be the answer to someone else's prayer. The difficult time we are going through now might very well be preparing us to be God's delivery man or woman in response to petitions of others.

Let's not get discourage. Let's keep praying. Let's keep trusting that God knows what's best.

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Frank Banfill is an author, international speaker, and president of MaxPoint Ministries, whose purpose is to help individuals, churches and ministries reach their full potential. Please forward this blog to your family & friends. Not a subscriber? Sign up now at www.FranksBibleBlog.com.

Psalm 69--There's Hope

Sometimes we feel that we are walking alone, trekking through unchartered territories and climbing steep mountainsides where one slip means certain destruction. Those around us--co-workers, even family and friends--don't understand or worse are antagonistic toward us. We are trying to live right, but there is an undercurrent that seeks to pull us down.

If you feel like that today, then you will connect with what the psalmist wrote in Psalm 69, "Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me" (vv1-2).

Have you ever felt that you were swimming and swimming and swimming but only to find yourself losing ground? The waves keep coming and you are desperate try to catch your breath?

This psalm is one of the most quoted psalms in the New Testament, with parts that are clearly prophetic of Christ ("They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst" v21). There are some principles here that stretch the span of time. They were relevant in the New Testament and certainly are relevant today.

First, there will be times when we are rejected because of our faith. Sometimes, this will even be from those closest to us. It may even be from other's who profess faith but who are not living out that faith (vv 4,7,8,9,11,12).

Second, there will be times when we feel alone and we feel that no one else has been where we are at. We need, however, to take heart in that we really are not all alone; and yes, there have been many other people who have gone through similar ordeals (vv3,19,20).

Third, God does hear us, even when it seems that our prayers are falling on deaf ears (vv 3,13,16,33).

Fourth, we must guard our testimony and not let circumstances cause us to disgrace the Lord (vv5-6).

Finally, we need to find cause to praise the Lord (vv34-36). There is always hope when there is the Lord. When we turn to praise, even when we feel like we are sinking, our spirits are lifted and we get a new perspective on life.

God hears! God guides! God delivers! Don't give up--there is always hope when you have the Lord.

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Frank Banfill is an author, international speaker, and president of MaxPoint Ministries, whose purpose is to help individuals, churches and ministries reach their full potential. Please forward this blog to your family & friends. Not a subscriber? Sign up now at www.FranksBibleBlog.com.

Psalm 62-- Walk Across the Street to the Lake

Just a few blocks from our house is a busy six-lane road which is a major thoroughfare for our city. During the morning and evening rush hours the street is filled with cars making their way in and out of our bedroom community near Dallas, TX. If you were to stand on the side of that road you would see a lot of movement and hear a lot of noise as thousands of commuters busily head to their destinations.

Across the street from our house is a small lake--a reservoir built years ago to control flooding in the area. You can't actually see the lake--it is hidden behind a large embankment that forms its south side. You wouldn't know it was even there unless you saw it on a map or someone told you about it.

We had been in our house about five months when my wife and I decided to walk over and explore the lake. We made our way across the large field and up and over the embankment. When we got there, we couldn't see our house. We couldn't hear any noise from that busy roadway. We couldn't see the cars that drive through our subdivision. It was calm. It was peaceful. It was pretty.

It was as if we had strolled into another world.

The challenge for many of us is that we live our lives in the fast-lane. We are so busy going and making noise that we never stop to listen or rest. We never walk across the street and sit down beside the lake.

David said in Psalm 62, "Truly my soul waits upon God" (v1). Another translation puts it, "My soul finds rest in God alone." And another, "My soul waits in silence for God only." Put these three together and you get a good picture of what David was trying to communicate in the original--he had come to the place where he would silently wait upon God and find rest in the process. He had walked across the street to the lake. He had shut out the noise, stopped the commotion and allowed himself to discover God. When he began to silently wait on God, he was able to rest because he saw that God is strong (v11), loving (v12) and rewards man according to what he has done (v12).

George Muller wrote in his 1856 work A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings, "The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought to steadily walk on in God's ways."

Is it time to believe? Is it time to be quiet? Is it time to go in God's ways? Is it time to walk across the street to the lake?

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When God Says "Wait!"

If you are anything like me, then you probably do not like to wait. You scope out the shortest check-out line at the grocery store. You pick the lane of traffic with the fewest cars waiting for the red light. You hit the elevator up button multiple times if the door doesn't close right away. You even stop the microwave three seconds before it's supposed to end.

No, I don't like to wait for the popcorn to get done, and I really don't like to wait on God.

We know we are told to wait on Him. We are told that when we pray His answer sometimes is "wait." We know that, but we usually don't like it. We want to take that next step, get to the next level, keep things in motion.

God, however, has a perfect plan that often involves our need to wait.

After praying earnestly about something for many months, the word I kept getting from God was "wait." It wasn't the answer I wanted to hear, but I finally resolved myself to do just that. In my frustration over waiting, I started looking at characters in Scripture who had to wait.

I asked, "What were they trying to do when they were told to wait?" "How long did they have to wait?" "What did they do while they were waiting?" And most importantly, "What was God doing while they were waiting?"

For some, like Abraham, their waiting time stretched into decades. Some, like Zerubbabel, started into their life's mission only to have it interrupted with a "wait." Others, like David, had multiple "wait" times in their lives stretching into several years. Regardless of the situation, there were at least four principles true of all of them:

1. They all went on with life, making the most of each day, while they waited.
2. They didn't lose faith but rather kept themselves ready for the day when they got God's green light.
3. God is still actively at work even when we are waiting, and His timing is always best.
4. Waiting wasn't the end of their dream. It wasn't a "no" to their dream. It was simply "hang in there until everything is ready for you."

I still don't like waiting, but by keeping these principles in mind I can begin to see a bigger picture. Hopefully, you can as well the next time God tells you "wait."

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