If
you speak, be sure it is God’s word. If you will serve, let it only be the work
God provides in the strength and ability He gives you. Do this so that
everything you do, coming from Him, by His design, will bring glory to Jesus
Christ as it should be – always and evermore. (1 Peter 4:11)
Can you wait? No, can you really wait – when
you think you’ve seen the situation before, or when you just know you have the
tools and experiences to rescue the person you want to help? Is it ever okay to
tell God, “I got this?”
No one in history has struggled more
publicly with letting his words and actions get ahead of God than Peter. How
fitting then, that he makes a dramatic point here. Peter urges the reader –
urges you today - to always wait on God. If you will wait, God will give you
the words, and will act through you with His all-knowing, all-powerful, perfect
will.
Today you will face opportunities to either
listen carefully, and wait on God, or you can rush ahead to action that you
will ultimately regret. Choose to wait and, as Peter promises, you will see
God’s glory.
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