Is God Done With Us?
A teacher once spent an entire winter recess wrestling a pair of boots onto a kindergartner’s feet. She pulled. He pushed. She tugged. He squirmed. By the time the second boot was on, she’d worked up a full sweat.
Then the little boy looked down and said, “Teacher, they’re on the wrong feet.”
She bit her tongue, swapped the boots, and somehow kept her composure—until he announced, “These aren’t my boots.”
She wanted to scream. Instead, she wrestled them off. That’s when he added, “They’re my brother’s boots. My mom made me wear them.”
Ever have one of those days? Where nothing fits, nothing works, and you wonder if God has forgotten your address?
The psalmist knew the feeling.
He wrote Psalm 102 while watching everything fall apart. Israel. A nation handpicked by the Almighty sat in the rubble of exile. Seventy years in captivity. Their temple, gone. Their homeland, occupied. For all practical purposes, they didn’t even exist anymore. A nation blessed by God had started so well and ended so badly.
Sound familiar? It should. It’s the story of every church that lost its fire. Every believer who wandered from the path. Every community that forgot who brought them there.
But here’s what I love about this psalm. The writer starts with heartbreak—and then he shifts gears. Right in the middle of his grief, he breaks out in a Holy Ghost shout.
“But You, O LORD, shall endure forever… You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come” (Psalm 102:12–13).
Did you catch that? The set time has come.
God has an appointed time. He’s not early. He’s not late. And He is certainly not finished.
Almost a hundred years after revival swept through Kilsyth, Scotland, a pastor named Dr. William Burns Sr. led his people to the graveside of the minister who had preached during that original awakening. Standing among the headstones, Burns declared, “God is not dead! The Gospel has lost none of its power!”
And friend, it still hasn’t.
Maybe you’re in your own season of exile. Maybe life feels like boots on the wrong feet. But God is not done with you. His promises haven’t expired. His power hasn’t faded. And His set time? It’s closer than you think.
So don’t give up. Pray. Trust. Wait on Him. Because the God who endures forever is working, even now, on your behalf.
Keep Looking Up!
Heaven is closer than you think
May God bless your day.
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