"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 promotion...A SPECIAL SAUCE.
That deeper anointing...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!
author known only to God
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,