Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
Roaming around in the dark is no fun and it can be dangerous. That’s the feeling I get when I’m praying to God and I’m waiting for Him to answer. He never answers when I want Him to or how I want Him to, but when He does answer, it’s always above what I prayed.
Aaron, Moses brother, is a harsh reminder what can happen when we don’t wait for God. While Moses was up on the mountain getting the play by play from God on how to keep the people safe and accepted in His sight, the people were getting impatient. And literally as Moses is making his way back to camp, they talk Aaron into building them a golden calf to worship.
Blessings were en route for Aaron, his family and all the families of Israel; if they just could have waited a little longer. As human beings, we all will struggle with patience when it comes to God and His timing. We want the issues of life solved NOW! But it is in the waiting that the real issue of all issues is being worked out: us. God knows when we are ready for the next piece of the puzzle and nobody wants to see the finished work of our lives more than He does.
Reading through the Bible: January 28, 2012
Exodus 30-32 http://www.blueletterbible.org/reader/daily/generic.cfm
