This is a question that I have had for a long time...why does God cause delay?
You'd think that God would give everyone a red carpet entrance on the way to their Baptism. That God would clear the way so that nothing prevents a precious soul from being saved.
Now, my question without sugar coating it is this " Why did God send a storm on the day of my baptism?" Should I not be baptized?
The devil cannot cause it to rain, he has no power to create. Only God can. So the devil did not send the storm, God did.
2 years later, I understand that God does NOTHING outside of His timing.
Moses at one point was getting ahead of God, when he killed the Egyptian to protect his brethren. He was playing hero before it was time, so God put a delay in that moment.
Pharoah heard what Moses did and wanted Moses dead, so he had to run away (Exodus 2:11-22). This was God's way of pulling Moses back in His timing.
The specific answer to my question has not yet been received but the general answer is this, God delays you when it's not yet time for you to have or do something you're praying for but the devil delays you when it is your time.
God delays you when you are unprepared stepping into something He has called you to but the devil delays you when you are prepared.
David was delayed, it took him roughly 15 years to get to the throne. His uncle, Joseph was delayed, it took him around 13 years to get from the pit to the palace. But the question is, who caused their delay?
There are times when we are the cause of our own delay.
God tells you clearly, on numerous occasions that this woman is your wife. He gave you specific instructions on how to pursue this woman but you chicken out time and time again. You don't want to get married, nuh true?
Get this, you are only delaying yourself because God simply recommends one of His daughters to you. You playing chicken gives Him enough room to recommend her to someone else, especially if this woman is prayerful and content with her relationship with God.
And women, learn to hear and understand God before you start praying for a husband because when that man comes to ask for your hand, you don't need to spend more than a day in prayer. God speaks all the time and often times He reveals who your husband is before you even meet him.
That man is not your man! He belongs to God and is simply following his Father's instructions. You may not even be his taste, as hurtful as it may be. You are simply delaying yourself by waiting a month, 6 months to year to give that man an answer. Remember, you remain an option until that yes is given.
There are some tasks that cannot be fulfilled without the commitment of marriage.
Some men and women need to be married before God elevates them further because of the extent of the call that He has on their lives. Why play around with that?
Knowing who is causing your delay comes down to hearing and understanding the voice of God. He'll reveal the season you are in. God hides nothing about you from you.
NOTHING!
If God is delaying you, He will tell you. If the devil is delaying you, God will tell you. If you are delaying yourself, God will tell you!
That is how precious your soul is to Him!
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