[This reflection was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 29/Nov/2020]
While waiting on God very recently with a few other HBC folk, I suddenly pictured, first, a power plug being pulled out of a wall outlet. Someone then was searching for another outlet to plug it into. Then the picture changed slightly. Instead, someone was in the process of picking a scanner in the supermarket, preparing to start shopping. She/he was desperately picking up one handset after another – to no avail! She/he had forgotten to wait for hers to light up!!
I think the interpretation is not complicated, but quite urgent. The two pictures are related: The reason person one was pulling out the plug was because the power had failed. Perhaps hurriedly finding another socket – any socket! – would get things going again!! Person two didn’t realise that only ONE of the handsets was hers – and it would light up if she’d do things calmly and in order!
If we find that suddenly there seems to be no power in what we’ve been doing (even if there once was!), there’s no use in desperately trying every conceivable new power source. When picture 2 came to me, the first person had not yet found another socket with power! Like the harried shopper, we need to learn to wait until our specific handset lights up. God knows how and where and when He wants to use us, and when we plug into His purposes for us, there’ll be no power failure!!
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. [Matthew 6: 33-34 NIVUK]
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