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SPECIAL SAUCE BLESSING
Special Sauce Blessing
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I was sitting at the drive
thru window at McDonald's this weekend (OK, I eat out a lot). I
did the usual thing, I drove up to the menu and ordered. I
proceeded to the first window and paid, then drove to the second
window and waited for the order. After sitting there for a few
minutes, the clerk slid back the window and asked, "Will you
please pull over to the side; your order is not ready."
I was a little upset and even impatient, but I pulled over and
waited. I thought, "How come other folks ordered and drove
straight through and I have to wait?" I waited for another two
or three minutes -- it seemed like hours -- before the clerk
finally ran out, tapped on the window, and handed me the order.
Of course I asked, "Hey, what took so long?" She replied, "You
wanted the SPECIAL SAUCE, which meant it had to be especially
made for that sandwich, it doesn't usually come with that one."
The scene is a reflection of our prayer life. We make our
request to the Lord. Our menu is His word where He has listed
promise after promise. We stand before Him and request and plead
and, sometimes, even beg. We go to the first window and pay,
sometimes with fervent prayer, sometimes with prolonged
suffering, sometimes with obedience, and sometimes not at all.
We then move to the second window and wait for our order. If God
doesn't answer within a few minutes, we become upset.
You know the phrase, "Jesus, it's 5:00 PM Friday; I prayed to
you yesterday, and You still haven't answered. I can't wait much
longer."
Why is it taking Him so long, I've seen people drive up before
me and they received their orders right away? We even go so far
as to tap on the window and ask if He has forgotten our order.
We become impatient. We become upset. We become downright mad.
"Lord I asked for a mate ten days ago and I don't see him/her
anywhere."
"Lord, I've been asking for a new job for two years; others have
passed me by."
"I've been waiting on a financial blessing for ten years and I
still have more month than money."
"Where are You and why haven't you blessed me?"
And just when you think He is giving you the answer, He pulls
back the
royal curtain of eternity, and states, "Please pull over to the
side and wait
a while longer?" This once frustrated
me to no end, made me mad, made
me want to give up, made me wanna
holler; that is, until the clerk brought
out my sandwich -- then, the revelation became clear.
Do you know why the Lord has put you on the side? Do you know
why you have had to wait for this blessing longer than before?
Do you know why He has put you through more this time than ever?
Do you know why it seems as though He has not heard you and He
does not care? DO you know why it
seems like you have had to go through more tears, more pains,
and more struggling this time?
Because this blessing is a SPECIAL SAUCE BLESSING. This is an
OVERFLOWING, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, BLESSING! You made a
SPECIAL ORDER and GOD has been putting together a SPECIAL SAUCE
BLESSING for you and He has to prepare it for you.
That mate you wanted, HE's putting
together a SPECIAL SAUCE.
That job you wanted, HE'S putting together a SPECIAL SAUCE.
That financial blessing, A SPECIAL SAUCE.
That peace on the job, A SPECIAL SAUCE.
That house...A SPECIAL SAUCE.
That deeper anointing...A SPECIAL SAUCE.
That promotion...A SPECIAL SAUCE.
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,
saith the LORD,
thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end..."
[and a SPECIAL SAUCE]. Jeremiah 29:11
How many people have driven away before the clerk brought their
food, and
how many people have missed their
blessings because they did not wait?
Hang in there. Keep on waiting. You made a SPECIAL ORDER, now
wait on a SPECIAL SAUCE! "But they that wait on the Lord shall
renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not
faint"(Isaiah 40:31).
They who wait shall get a SPECIAL SAUCE!
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