Out of the Way: Learning to Trust God's Timing and Methods
Have you ever found yourself trying to help God out? Maybe you were waiting on an answer to prayer, staring at an unresolved problem, or waiting for a loved one to turn their life around, and you decided it was time to step in and take matters into your own hands. Maybe you felt like God was taking too long. Maybe you felt like the old statement is true that "God helps those who help themselves" and so you took matters into your own hands. In our culture of instant gratification, waiting is hard and at times seems impossible. We want quick solutions, fast results, and immediate action. Research continuously shows how impatient our fast-paced society has become. If we go to the drive through we want our food quick, we don't want to be waiting in a long line to get our food. We don't like to be on hold for a call. We don't like to sit in a long line of traffic on the highway. We are impatient and it plays out in our lives in a thousand ...