Welcome to another day the Lord has made that we should rejoice and be glad in. (Psalms 118:24)

The Holy Spirit wants to encourage us with the fact that God is aware of our suffering, and He will fix it after while.

Today’s scripture, Exodus 3:7 (NLT) shares…
[7] Then the LORD told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.

Consider…
Today’s song testifies…

Verse 1:
Trouble in my way, I have to cry sometimes.
Trouble in my way, I have to cry sometimes.
I lay awake at night, but that’s alright;
Jesus will fix it after while.

Verse 2:
Stepped, stepped in the furnace a long time ago;
Shadrech, Meshach and Abendigo.
They were not worried, oh, this I know;
they knew that Jesus will fix it after while.

Vamp 1:
Jesus, He will fix it

The verses and the vamp emphasize the fact that Jesus will fix whatever we’re going through, AFTER WHILE.

This reminds me of when people tell someone who’s waiting on them…

• “I’ll see you in a little bit”
• “I’ll be there in a little while”
• “I’m on my way”

…I believe those are the phrases Jesus says to us before, and when we go through our storms.

Like in Mark 6:45-48 (ERV) we read…
[45] Then Jesus told the followers to get into the boat. He told them to go to the other side of the lake to Bethsaida. He said he would come later. He stayed there to tell everyone they could go home. [46] After he said goodbye to them, he went up into the hills to pray. [47] That night, the boat was still in the middle of the lake. Jesus was alone on the land. [48] He saw the boat far away on the lake. And he saw the followers working hard to row the boat. The wind was blowing against them. Sometime between three and six o’clock in the morning, Jesus went out to the boat, walking on the water. He continued walking until he was almost past the boat.

Most of us know the story of Jesus walking on water, but the Holy Spirit highlighted a couple of seldom discussed observations.

Observation 1: Jesus told his disciples to go, and that He would come later.

I believe in Jesus’ divinity, He knew that He was sending them through a storm to reach His appointed destination. I say that because a little further down we read…
That night, the boat was still in the middle of the lake. Jesus was alone on the land. He saw the boat far away on the lake. And he saw the followers working hard to row the boat. The wind was blowing against them.

Observation 2: Jesus sat and watched His disciples struggle before, He stepped in to help.

That just reminded me of Jesus hearing about Lazarus being deathly ill, but lingering still.

These moments of Jesus waiting, tell us that Jesus is never rushed by our circumstances. Indeed, Jesus shows us that He will respond when He’s ready and not a moment sooner.

That’s like a parent who’s child is in a rush to go somewhere that they need help getting to, yet the parent appears to be taking their sweet time getting ready to leave. The longer the parent takes, the more anxious the child becomes. Still the parent is unmoved by the child’s anxiety, because the parent has their own plan to deliver their child when they’re ready, which by the way usually will get the child to the desired destination on time.

This is how it is with Jesus.

Observation 3: Regardless of our anxiousness, Jesus is not stressed, because He knows His plans and divine timing to deliver us to His desired destination for us.

I can confidently say that because reading Jesus’ water walking story further I see that despite Jesus seeing His boys struggling through the night, He waited until the morning to come out help. Look at the word…
Sometime between three and six o’clock in the morning, Jesus went out to the boat, walking on the water. He continued walking until he was almost past the boat.

When I read this, it dawned on me that Jesus wasn’t in rush, because He knew He only needed a moment to fix it. Which brings me to my last observation.

Observation 4: What we’re struggling with for awhile, Jesus can and will show up after while and fix it instantly.

The Holy Spirit is encouraging me to focus in the meantime of what God (Faith) said and not what we see (Fear). That’s because as Pastor Steven Furtick taught this week…
Focus fuels our fear or our faith.

Continuing on with God’s after while awareness, the Holy Spirit had me read the proceeding verses after today’s scripture. God told Moses in Exodus 3:8-10 (NLT)…
[8] So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. [9] Look! The cry of the people of Israel has reached me, and I have seen how harshly the Egyptians abuse them. [10] Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.”

You see the Israelites had in Donnie McClurkin’s words, “prayed and cried“. Don’t miss this, they had been praying and crying for decades before Jesus spoke to Moses and sent him to deliver them.

That let’s us know, God will let you go through before He takes care of you.

The key is keep believing and praying for Him to deliver you, no matter how long it takes.

Lastly, the Holy Spirit showed me a final after while awareness moment that led to today’s song selection.

John 5:3, 5-6 (NLT) shares…
[3] Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches.
[5] One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. [6] When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?”

Like the Israelites, the paralyzed man have been helpless for almost 40 years, which by the way was before Jesus was born. That’s significant, because just like God sent Moses, He sent Jesus to fix it after while.

In fact Romans 5:6 (ERV)…
[6] Christ died for us when we were unable to help ourselves. We were living against God, but at just the right time Christ died for us.

So, as you struggle through your helplessness, know that Jesus is aware and He will help you after while.

Today’s song is…
Jesus Will Fix It (Trouble In My Way)

Blessings 4HG (1 Corinthians 10:31)