The other morning while I was using the microwave, the Lord began to remind me of a dream He had given me a number of years earlier.
In the dream I was using a microwave, but when I went to turn the microwave off, it would not turn off. I began to panic, frantically pressing the buttons. That very thing then actually happened to me in the natural a few days later, as if God was reinforcing the importance of the message He was giving me.
The Lord was speaking to me about the importance of switching off the instant mindset. Many times, we want to see the fruit of our labours almost immediately. Or we want to see instant answers to our prayers.
God warns us,
“Do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”
Ephesians 5:17.
King David said,
“My times are in Your hand.”
Psalm 31:15.
The word of God also shows us, including in the books of Daniel and Habakkuk,
“The vision is yet for an appointed time.”
Habakkuk 2:3
Some things happen within our life time. Other things take place many years ahead.
As God began to speak to me about this dream again, He reinforced the imperativeness of training up the next generation of leaders for what lies ahead. There is short term pain for long term gain.
If we do not allow people a process and a place of learning to move in their giftings, how will they learn?
Where are the apostles and prophets of this nation who are about to spring forth? Could it be in the next generation? In the youth of this nation? Without a father, who will teach them? Without a teacher, how will they learn?
