Psalm 16:2, 5 “I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”…”The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.”

Out of a several Psalms I read this morning, these found a “front and center” place in my heart and mind. I’m not exactly sure why, but I suppose that it doesn’t really matter. The blessing or issue on my heart right now is the particular joy in seeing gradual, incremental “answers” or progress in matters of great, ongoing concern. The quick and immediate answers to prayer that come in connection to the many immediate kinds of needs that spring up from day to day are wonderful and refreshing for sure. However, we all have those deep, abiding, foundational, concerns or needs of the highest priority that we think about, worry about, and pray and pray and pray about…for years. These are issues that are fundamental it seems to life making sense, to our lives or ministries having true meaning. The answers to these life long prayers do not seem to be quick or immediate or instant, but gradual, ever so slow, step by step, little by little.

Today I am rejoicing in genuine answers, though little by little, to certain of my life long prayers. These answers are in matters that are deeply personal, so they will go unnamed, but they are deeply gratifying because they are clearly the work of God. They are undeniable testimonies to me of His love and power. Certainly my heart continues to crave, even to ache more answers, more progress in these concerns and certain others, but for now it is clearly time for me to stop and thank Him and praise Him for His powerful and personal kindness.

In Him,

P. Tim