BBD 08.30.21 Hold Your Horses! (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

30 August 2021

Hold Your Horses!

Teach me
Your way, O LORD, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Do not
deliver me to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen
against me, and such as breathe out violence. I would have lost heart, unless I
had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the
living. Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your
heart; wait, I say, on the LORD! - Psalm 27:11-14.

In
Kansas, a while back, the cities of Lawrence and Dodge City experienced
runaways. In Lawrence, the stagecoach, which they use as a tourist attraction,
crashed when the horse pulling the stage veered into a ditch. In Dodge City, a
horse pulling the stage slipped; and when it got up it was frightened and took
off like a runaway. As a result, the stage slammed into a parked car,
overturned, and injured five passengers. They should have held their horses.

Horses
have a tendency to do the unexpected, even those that have been around people
for years. My great-grandmother’s nephew was killed, and his father injured
when the horses pulling their wagon took off, and control was lost of
them. "Hold your horses" used to be a
term with serious meaning. Whoever was holding on to the horses had control,
and it meant the difference sometimes, between life and death. Sometime in the
1800s "hold your horses" began
appearing in print in reference to humans. As applied to people, "hold your horses" means to "be patient and wait."

When
you read the word "wait" in the Bible; God is saying, "hold your horses!" When God says
to wait, it is serious business. King Saul found out the hard way that to
launch out when God says, "wait" can be very costly. In fact, it cost him the kingdom (1 Samuel 13), which God then gave to an unknown
shepherd boy named David.

An
example of what can happen when you are obedient to the Lord’s command to wait,
can be seen with the disciples, just after the ascension of Christ. In Acts 1:4 we read, "And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father…." They waited and we know what happened! "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all accord in
one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there
appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit…(Acts 2:1-3a)." They waited, and the Holy Spirit came upon them, empowering them to
be the Lord’s witnesses as He had promised (Acts 1:8). On the day of Pentecost alone, about
3,000 people came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:41).

When
God says to "wait" there is always a good reason. When God says to "wait" it will always be to
your benefit. When God says to "wait" it will always be better later. "Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your
heart; wait, I say, on the LORD!" It
may be that God is saying, "Hold
your horses." It may be hard to do, but it is a very important, and at times courageous
thing to do. So, "hold
your horses!"

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. May they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

30 August 2021

Hold Your Horses!

Teach me
Your way, O LORD, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Do not
deliver me to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen
against me, and such as breathe out violence. I would have lost heart, unless I
had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the
living. Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your
heart; wait, I say, on the LORD! - Psalm 27:11-14.

In
Kansas, a while back, the cities of Lawrence and Dodge City experienced
runaways. In Lawrence, the stagecoach, which they use as a tourist attraction,
crashed when the horse pulling the stage veered into a ditch. In Dodge City, a
horse pulling the stage slipped; and when it got up it was frightened and took
off like a runaway. As a result, the stage slammed into a parked car,
overturned, and injured five passengers. They should have held their horses.

Horses
have a tendency to do the unexpected, even those that have been around people
for years. My great-grandmother’s nephew was killed, and his father injured
when the horses pulling their wagon took off, and control was lost of
them. "Hold your horses" used to be a
term with serious meaning. Whoever was holding on to the horses had control,
and it meant the difference sometimes, between life and death. Sometime in the
1800s "hold your horses" began
appearing in print in reference to humans. As applied to people, "hold your horses" means to "be patient and wait."

When
you read the word "wait" in the Bible; God is saying, "hold your horses!" When God says
to wait, it is serious business. King Saul found out the hard way that to
launch out when God says, "wait" can be very costly. In fact, it cost him the kingdom (1 Samuel 13), which God then gave to an unknown
shepherd boy named David.

An
example of what can happen when you are obedient to the Lord’s command to wait,
can be seen with the disciples, just after the ascension of Christ. In Acts 1:4 we read, "And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to
depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father…." They waited and we know what happened! "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all accord in
one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there
appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit…(Acts 2:1-3a)." They waited, and the Holy Spirit came upon them, empowering them to
be the Lord’s witnesses as He had promised (Acts 1:8). On the day of Pentecost alone, about
3,000 people came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:41).

When
God says to "wait" there is always a good reason. When God says to "wait" it will always be to
your benefit. When God says to "wait" it will always be better later. "Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your
heart; wait, I say, on the LORD!" It
may be that God is saying, "Hold
your horses." It may be hard to do, but it is a very important, and at times courageous
thing to do. So, "hold
your horses!"

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. May they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

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