Was God Too Late?

I was reading in my devotions this morning about the faithfulness of God and
how He is never late to answer prayer. Sometimes it seems like He has
forgotten all about us, but HE never forgets. He is always on time.

To illustrate my point, let's take a look at a few people in the Bible. Jonah was swallowed by the big fish and spent  three days in its belly with seaweed wrapped around his neck and debris in his face, yet God didn't forsake him. He knew exactly where Jonah was. When he came to the place of surrender to God's will, Jonah found himself flying through the air and splatting on the beach of Ninevah. He was now ready to do what God wanted him to do.








Then, there is Joseph, the naive young dreamer, who did not know how to keep his own counsel. He took a long journey from household slave to trusted steward to a condemned prisoner, then to the prime minister's chair of Egypt! Each of these positions was in God's will and in God's time for Joseph's life. God wasn't late when Joseph was thrown in prison. The Scriptures say that he found favor in the eyes of the prison warden. In whatever position that Joseph found himself, he was exemplary in behavior and never lost his faith in the God he served.

And aren't we all familiar with the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den?  Daniel  faithfully prayed to the God of Heaven even though he knew of the risk of openly praying to God instead of to King Darius for those thirty days. God allowed Daniel to spend the night in the pits with the lions because He had a higher purpose in allowing what seemed like an awful ending to 
happen. In the end, God got the glory and lives were changed because Daniel endured that long night.




In each of these men's lives, God intervened and protected them from imminent
demise. He had a greater purpose in mind for them and He never failed to bring
His children through the difficulties that they faced.  Sometimes it seems that He
does not hear us. Never lose hope in whatever your situation may be.
God is never late. 

Thanks for reading,
Donna