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Lisa75 posted this in January, but I liked it so much that I copied it and kept it. I want to share it with my Christian Cysters.
"Special Sauce Blessing!"
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."
This 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 p.m. 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 have been asking and waiting for the blessing of a child."
“Lord I have been waiting for that special mate.”
"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 want to 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 [Luke
6:38]!
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 little angel child you wanted . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce
Blessing!
That special mate you wanted… He’s putting together a Special Sauce
Blessing!
That job you wanted . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce
Blessing!
That financial blessing . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce
Blessing!
That peace on the job . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce
Blessing!
That house . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce Blessing!
That deeper anointing . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce
Blessing!
That promotion . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce Blessing!
"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 God's Special Sauce Blessing!
"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 receive a Special Sauce Blessing!
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