Monday, March 9, 2015

The Power of Percolating

This past weekend, I learned that if you are going to brew coffee in a percolator, give yourself over an hour for the water to heat, the light to turn on & the strength of the grounds to brew. If you rush it, you'll have watered coffee with no strength.

IT TAKES TIME.

When you allow time to process itself, you'll achieve clarity, strength & maturity.

How many times have you felt pressured to make a decision when you knew you should wait or you were pushed to hurry up because of someone else's impatience? Over time, I've learned not to make hasty decisions.

I want to encourage you to sit still and wait before you make big decisions that impact you, your family and others.

Waiting has benefits. (Isaiah 40:31) 
  1. Renew your strength 
  2. Mount up like Eagles 
  3. Run and not be weary 
  4. Walk and not faint.

While you wait, be... 
  1. productive
  2. proactive
  3. persistent 
  4. prepared
Also, be honoring and pay attention to the details. Cross your T's and dot your I's. You can't expect promotion if you can't even do the last assignment well. You must always leave something better than when you found it.


Often, God is using the percolating process to sanctify areas of our life that just won't get sanctified if we insist on a microwave mentality. Most people fall into this category. We want things NOW not later. We want it OUR WAY over God's way. We want it FAST not slow.

But the old saying is often true, "good things come to them that wait."

Are you willing to wait on....
- that relationship?
- that ministry?
- that business deal?
- that purchase?
- that move?
- etc

It's when we get in a hurry that we end up frustrating the grace of God in our life. We get the cart before the horse and forget about the preparation process. When we do this, we forfeit the longevity of a promise because we sabotaged it with our misguided zeal.

Zeal is good as long as it's guided and monitored. Left unbridled, it can be offensive and behave itself unseemly - refusing to follow protocol while hiding behind the guise of "I must work while it's day."
  • Learn to wait on the edge of your seat. 
  • Learn to wait with sugar & cream on hand.
  • Learn to wait for the light to turn in your favor.
  • Learn to wait for the full strength of what God has promised.

Wait and you'll witness a seamless blessing unfold in your life.