Over the last three months, there have been numerous times when I have come to my blog to continue my series on the peace offering in the law of Moses. Each time, the Lord has quietly prompted me to leave it alone. This has been very disappointing me because there are other things that I would like to publish on my blog, but I know that the series on the peace offering should be completed first. I also know that, before that can happen, the circumstances of my personal life require some very focused attention. That has been the case for longer than I have wanted it to be.
It’s funny how people differ in their estimations of what improves and what doesn’t, and it turns out that those differences create a whole lot of difficulty for those who, at first, see the shortest path to reach the best and fastest improvement possible. Sometimes, it’s almost as if one party wants to try to restore a decrepit, disease-infested house using the same worn-out, blighted materials that are presently on it, while the other party comes to see the need to just burn it down and walk away. Worse, the first party will do things to the second party that prevent them from making the process as fast and as painless as possible, causing the situation to drag on far longer than it needs to.
And it is next to impossible to explain to the first party (or to anyone else, sometimes) why burning down the house is not only necessary, but also expedient. People think that those two words mean the same thing, but they don’t. True, expediency has to do with purpose, but it also has everything to do with time, and God is not in the business of wasting that. As soon as a lesson is learned, he sets in motion the circumstances he has already prepared for us to progress to what lies beyond. It is extremely unfortunate when individuals fight against that.
May the Lord hasten his work, and may he come to the aid of all those engaged in it.