DISCIPLINE OF DELAY
5 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying,
"Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.
"When Jesus heard that, He said, "This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory
of God, that the Son of God may be glorified
through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her
sister and Lazarus 6 So, when He heard that
he was sick, He stayed two more days in the
place where He was.
Discipline
Training expected to produce a specific
character or pattern of behavior,
especially training that produces moral,
mental or spiritual improvement.
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to
them that are of full age, even those who by
reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
Reason of Use
National debt
One trillion
How Long Ago Is a Trillion Seconds?
If you count backward, then:
1 million seconds = 12 days ago
1 billion seconds = 31 years ago
1 trillion seconds = 30,000 B.C.
(give or take a decade or two)
How high is a trillion in $1000 bills?
If you stack a trillion-worth of
$1000 bills together, then:
1 million dollars = 4 inches high
1 billion dollars = 364 feet high
1 trillion dollars = 63 miles high
(give or take a foot or two)
Note that this is a STACK,
not laid end-to-end.
If a person’s salary is
$40,000 per year it would take:
25 years to earn $1 Million
25 Thousand years to earn $1 Billion,
25 Million years to earn $1 Trillion
Credit Cards
Do Not Fill Wait Time
with Worry
For you have need of endurance, so
that after you have done the will of
God, you may receive the promise:
Painting by Joni Earickson Tada
This is how she started
Was Jesus ignorant of
the condition?
• John 11:11 “Our friend Lazarus sleeps
but I go that I might awake him.”
Was Jesus Indifferent?
• John 11:8 “Rabbi the Jews sought to
stone you.”
• John 11:35 “Jesus wept.”
Was he unable to help?
• John 11:43 “Lazarus, come forth!!”
Why does God Delay?
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To see the greater glory
To Remedy Feeble Faith
To Get Others in Synch
To take us to a deeper Relationship
Relationship is More
Important than Results