Do Not Waste Your Meantime
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” - Matthew 6:34
Yesterday, we talked about the time in between where you want to be and where you are right now. We will call this period, “the meantime.” It is a period in our lives that is pregnant with possibility, but we have to be patient. How we manage the meantime is key. It can either make us or break us. It can either frustrate us or fuel us, and different people handle this season differently.
For some, the meantime is miserable and stressful, but for others it is an opportunity to make us better. Before us today is the familiar story about a woman by the name of Hannah. She is married to a devout man name Elhanah. Their relationship by all indications seems to be good, their life appears to be great. But the issue is that Hannah is barren.
As a result, she is openly hurting because she desperately wants to have a son. In that society, being able to give your husband a child elevated the status of a woman, and so Hannah is fighting for significance in a world that is trying to deny her simply because she has not had a child. When you read 1 Samuel 1, Hannah goes from barren when the chapter begins, to blessed by the time it ends.
It is a story that I believe serves as a model for all those who seek to discover how we should live and what we should do while waiting on our own dreams to happen and for our promises to come to pass. In the book of Jeremiah, we learn that in the midst of an impending threat from Babylon, God proclaimed that He would send a Messiah who would lead His people against those who sought to oppress them and hold them down.
That is what Advent is about. It is about the promise that help is coming, and the hope that God is going to do something to reverse the state of affairs as we see them, not just for their lives then, but for our lives now. When it comes to waiting in the meantime, we must be intentional about using this time as an opportunity to allow God to work within us and better us. Do not waste your meantime!
Yesterday, we talked about the time in between where you want to be and where you are right now. We will call this period, “the meantime.” It is a period in our lives that is pregnant with possibility, but we have to be patient. How we manage the meantime is key. It can either make us or break us. It can either frustrate us or fuel us, and different people handle this season differently.
For some, the meantime is miserable and stressful, but for others it is an opportunity to make us better. Before us today is the familiar story about a woman by the name of Hannah. She is married to a devout man name Elhanah. Their relationship by all indications seems to be good, their life appears to be great. But the issue is that Hannah is barren.
As a result, she is openly hurting because she desperately wants to have a son. In that society, being able to give your husband a child elevated the status of a woman, and so Hannah is fighting for significance in a world that is trying to deny her simply because she has not had a child. When you read 1 Samuel 1, Hannah goes from barren when the chapter begins, to blessed by the time it ends.
It is a story that I believe serves as a model for all those who seek to discover how we should live and what we should do while waiting on our own dreams to happen and for our promises to come to pass. In the book of Jeremiah, we learn that in the midst of an impending threat from Babylon, God proclaimed that He would send a Messiah who would lead His people against those who sought to oppress them and hold them down.
That is what Advent is about. It is about the promise that help is coming, and the hope that God is going to do something to reverse the state of affairs as we see them, not just for their lives then, but for our lives now. When it comes to waiting in the meantime, we must be intentional about using this time as an opportunity to allow God to work within us and better us. Do not waste your meantime!
Subscribe Now for Free Daily Devotions
Recent
Archive
2022
January
Praying For OthersThe Power of PrayerForgive and Be ForgivenA Sense of BurdenA Sincere HeartPray With BoldnessPray With HumilityPray With PersistenceA Solid FoundationWhere Has The Time Gone?Biblical MalpracticeThe Way It’s Always Been DoneHeadline NewsAs I Have Loved YouDon’t Forget Why You’re HereHow To Treat A StrangerInner Beauty… Does It Matter?Let It GoDealing With What Is HardDon’t Look BackYour Destiny Is Not DestructionThe Presence Of A Righteous PersonGod Has Greater in StoreFailure Is Not FinalConstant Comparison DisorderDo I Have To Have It All Together?Emotions Are For The StrongHelp Makes The DifferenceA True ConnectionRecognize What You Still HaveFalse Evidence Appearing RealAvoiding Overindulgence
February
The One Who Can Move The RockWorth The WeightWhat He PromisedLet God Be GodThe University of AdversityProtection From DangerGod PromotionIt’s Only A TestA Test of PatienceA Test of FaithA Test Of LoveA Test Of HumilityA Test of ObedienceA Test of SacrificeDo You Want God or What God Has?Next Level FaithShatteredThe Multi-Colored ButterflyExpiration DateYour LegacyGood GriefGrief Is Not WeaknessYou Are Not AloneLabeled At BirthJudge NotUnresolved InjuryA New NameChanging Your Course
March
The Glue of LifeTake Heart, I Have OvercomeIgnoring Bad AdviceStorm ChasersNo WeaponLearn to Test or Test to Learn?FireproofThe Only ChoiceIn The MeantimeDo Not Waste Your MeantimeWhat To Do In The Meantime?Stop WorryingKeep WorshippingWork For What You Are Waiting ForPreparing The SoilDon’t Waste Your MeantimeAchilles HeelThorn In Your SideRemoving My ThornPower Made Perfect In WeaknessWhen I Am Weak, Then I Am StrongStrengthening Your Achilles HeelRecognizing My WeaknessBut Why?I’m Working On ItA Cry For HelpHelp Is On The WayYour Day Is ComingI WillBut How?For You and For His Glory
No Comments