Filling God’s “Gaps” - the “gaps” the Lord creates in our life are designed for His specific purposes. Perhaps a delay is intended to test our faith so He can prove Himself trustworthy. It is always wise to wait on the Lord while He prepares us for His answers. We should pray and trust God, not acting until we’re certain that we have heard from Him and Him alone. Even people with godly intentions can be wrong

Wait for the Lord - He is working for your good.

" Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

" So Sarai said to Abram, 'Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her.' And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

" After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.

" He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight.

" And Sarai said to Abram, `May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the LORD judge between you and me.'

" But Abram said to Sarai, 'Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence. - Genesis 16:1-6 ASV

Has God given you a vision that is as yet unfulfilled?

Has He assigned you a task that remains incomplete, though you’ve done everything you know to do?

The “gaps” the Lord creates in our life are designed for His specific purposes. 

Sometimes they are meant to prepare us for His preordained answer.

It’s also possible He first wants to take care of some other necessary component of His plan. 

Perhaps a delay is intended to test our faith so He can prove Himself trustworthy. 

Or He may be using a pause as an occasion for correction.

It is always wise to wait on the Lord while He prepares us for His answers. 

We should pray and trust God, not acting until we’re certain that we have heard from Him and Him alone.

Even people with godly intentions can be wrong - look at Abram’s poor decisions after listening to the seemingly solid logic of his wife.

The result was that Sarai’s handmaiden Hagar conceived Abram’s child, which was not part of the Lord’s preferred plan.

Anything other than God’s plan carried out God’s way amounts to self-reliance. 

Depend on His Spirit when deciding how to proceed; any other course of action can lead to serious and lasting repercussions.

Bible in One Year: Psalms 107-111

Charles Stanley

Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986.

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