Christian Devotional – August 15, 2023

The Coming Savior, Day 23

Time. Read Exodus chapter 23.

As God goes through additional details about what he is requiring of the people of Israel, God begins to explain to them what all he’s going to provide for them. God uses this verse as a way to explain that he cannot give them absolute and total success all at once. He must give that to them gradually over time, when they are ready. This verse is always so interesting to me because it’s a reminder that we are not always ready for all of the success that God has promised us. God knows what he wants to provide us and when he wants to provide it to us, but he also knows when we’re not ready to handle it. We should never ask for God to give us more than what he knows we can handle. The successes that we experience are to be in his timing and his way.

Are we willing to be patient and wait on God’s perfect timing. Do we recognize that God knows the perfect time for everything for us, even our successes? We can be patient and wait on him, knowing that his timing is best.