Waiting on YHWH

The Ripening Apple

When you take a bite of an apple that’s not ripe, the problem isn’t with the apple; the problem is we didn’t wait for the tree to get to the place where the apple is ripe. It’s our timing that's the problem, not the apple itself, nor the tree.

This is a powerful message, because it reminds us that  people suffer from the same problem.  Like the apple, our spiritual process of "ripening" may not yet be complete. That means we cannot beat ourselves up because we sometimes get angry, sad or depressed, or because we haven’t reached our goals or benchmarks.

We’re a work in progress. We are the fruit not yet ripe for the picking. Would you cut down a tree because it gives unripe apples? No. You would be patient and have trust in the process.  The same is true for us all. 

Y. Berg

  We are a work in Abba's hand.  In His time and His time alone, we become complete but our hearts must be willing and searching for YHWH.  I read something a while back that has stuck in my head since I read it.  I think about it often.  It said this:  

"Search for God like a man with his head on fire searches for water."  

It may sound funny but imagine if we searched for Him with such intensity.   

Trust in the process...In His hand and in His time all things will be complete...that's how He works, He completes what He does.  And while we wait, we seek Him and we wait on Him.  We search for Him like "man with his head on fire searches for water."