The drum roll happens after something has been announced but
before it is revealed. “And the winner is [drum roll………….] CONTESTANT NUMBER 2!” And the crowd goes wild! Or “Let’s see what’s
behind door number 3 [drum roll………….] the curtain opens and it’s “A BRAND NEW
CAR!” We wait, excitedly, during the drum roll, to see what’s going to happen.
God is also in the drum roll business. Waiting to find out
you are finally pregnant. Waiting for that new job. Waiting for healing. Waiting
for the approval to come through. Waiting to see that loved one come to Christ.
Waiting. While we wait, the drum rolls.
We can wait anxiously if we want to. And sometimes, the
longer we wait, the more prone we are to become anxious. We are very human like
that. J
We get a little shaky. We start to entertain the “what ifs”. And usually our
“what ifs” are not positive. What if we can’t have a child of our own? What if
I never get a job? What if I never experience healing? What if they don’t
approve? What if my loved one never comes to Christ?
We can also choose to wait with excited expectation. We can
wait with assurance that God’s got an awesome plan, and after the drum roll, it
will be revealed.
The drum roll is inevitable. The question for today is what
will you do during your drum rolls? Here are some choices: pout, rage against
God and others, be hopeful, continue to do what you’re called to do, kick the
cat, eat too much hummus, speed down the freeway, sing, serve, and remind
yourself that God has not forgotten you and that He really does love and care
for you...
The choice is yours.
Therefore, do not
throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of
endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was
promised. Hebrews 10:35&36
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