A number of years ago my friend Max Wilkins had stopped at a traffic light and was waiting for it
to change. An elderly woman with a walker started hobbling across the street in
front of his car just before the light turned green. The driver behind Max
couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t go with the green light, so he started
honking his horn.
As Max continued to wait for her, the man behind him stuck his
head out the window and started yelling. Max got out of his car and walked back
to the angry driver. He stuck out his keys and said, “If you want to run over
her, then go ahead!”
By this time the hothead could clearly see the elderly lady
inching her way across the street. He finally realized what kept Max from
moving forward. Max could see something that the other driver couldn’t.
When we’ve prayed and are waiting for the answer to come, we can’t
understand why God isn’t moving forward. From our perspective we see a green
light. So we start honking our horn at God, never realizing He can see things
that we can’t.
The Lord will often delay the answers to our prayers for reasons we
don’t fully understand at the moment. It’s during these times that we must
place our trust in the all-wise God who cares for us and knows what He’s doing—even
when it might not make sense to us.
Making Life Count Ministries
P.O. Box 680174
Prattville, Alabama 36068-0174
