Bill Cosby used to do a comedy routine about
Noah. He imagined Noah following God’s instructions to build an ark and then loading
the animals two by two. Cosby describes God telling Noah to “Take one of those
hippos off the ark and get another one.” When Noah asks why, God replies,
“Because you’ve got two males. You need a female.” According to Cosby, Noah
tells God, “I’m too tired. You change
one of them.”
Of course that’s not the way it happened. But Cosby’s
imaginative rendition does picture how we want God to work in our lives. We
look for immediate answers, quick solutions, and dramatic interventions. We ask
God to do a miracle, to provide instantaneous resolutions to our problems.
And yet, if we look at Scripture, God frequently chooses
a more subtle response. God tends to take his time. In Biblical history, it is
not unusual for his answer to arrive in the form of a baby. Think Isaac, or Moses,
or Samson, or Jesus. Babies are so fragile. They take awhile to grow up. A baby
is not an instant solution. God is not in a hurry.
As you cry out to God for help, realize his
solution might not be immediately apparent. But whatever God chooses to do, his
answer will be right on time.
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