Lord, Why is it taking so long for my prayer requests to be answered? Then the revelation became clear. Do you know why you have had to wait for this blessing longer than before?
Do you know why He has put you through more this time than ever? Do you know why it seems as though He has not heard you and He does not care?
Do you know why it seems like you have had to go through more tears, more pains, and more struggling this time? Because this blessing is a Special Sauce Blessing.
I was sitting at the drive-through window at McDonald's about two weeks ago. I was riding with a sister and did the usual thing by pulling up to the menu and ordering what I wanted to eat for that day.
We proceeded to the first window and paid then drove to the second
window and waited for the order.
After sitting there for a few
minutes, the clerk slid back the
window and asked, "Will you please pull over to the side; your order
is not ready."
I was a little upset and even impatient, but we pulled over and
waited.
I thought, "How come other folks ordered and drove straight through and I
have to wait?" I waited for another two or three minutes.
It seemed like hours before the clerk tapped on the window and handed me the order. Of course I asked, "Hey, what took so long?"
She replied, "You wanted the Special Sauce, which meant it had to be
especially made for that sandwich, it doesn't usually come with that
one.
This scene is a reflection of our prayer life. We make our request to
the Lord. Our menu is His Word, where He has listed promise after
promise.
We stand before Him and request and plead and, sometimes,
even beg. We go to the first window and pay, sometimes with fervent
prayer, sometimes with prolonged suffering, sometimes with obedience,
and sometimes not at all.
We then move to the second window and
wait for our order. If God doesn't answer within a few minutes, we become
upset.
You know the phrase, "Jesus, it's 5:00 p.m. Friday; I prayed to you yesterday and you still haven't answered.
I can't wait much longer. "Why is it
taking Him so long? I've seen people drive up before me and they received
their orders right away!
We even go so far as to tap on the window and ask if He has forgotten our order.
We become impatient. We become upset. We become down right mad.
Lord I asked for a mate ten days ago and I don't see him/her anywhere.
Lord, I've been asking for a new job for two years; others have
passed me by. I've been waiting on a financial blessing for ten years and I still have more months than money.
Where are You and why haven't you
blessed me? And just when you think He is giving you the answer, He pulls back the royal curtain of Eternity, and states, "Please pull over to the side and wait a while longer."
This once frustrated me to no end, made me mad,
made me want to give up, made me want to holler that is until the
clerk
brought out my sandwich.
Then the revelation became clear.
Do you know why the Lord has put you on the side? Do you know why you
have had to wait for this blessing longer than before?
Do you know why He has put you through more this time than ever? Do you know why
it seems as though He has not heard you and He does not care?
Do you know why it seems like you have had to go through more tears, more
pains, and more struggling this time?
Because this blessing is a Special Sauce Blessing!
This is an Overflowing, Pressed-Down, Shaken Together, Blessing! You made a
Special Order and God has been putting together a Special Sauce
Blessing for you and He has to prepare it for you!
That mate you wanted . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce! (Lord help yourself) ((smiles))
That job you wanted . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce!
That financial blessing . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce!
That peace on the job . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce! ((Somebody ought to be shouting Hallelujah right about now because I am praise God))
That house . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce!
That deeper anointing . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce!
That promotion . . . He's putting together a Special Sauce!
That healing you need...He's putting together a Special Sauce!
Jeremiah 29: 11 says "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
[and a Special Sauce].
How many people have driven away before the clerk brought their food,
and how many people have missed their blessings because they did not
wait?
Don't get quiet on me now saints you know it's the truth. Because I'm even guilty of this myself. Lord help me to hold out ((smiles))
Hang on... Keep on waiting....Keep on shouting....Keep on praising...Keep on singing...Keep on dancing in the spirit of our living God...Keep on testifying...Keep on putting the devil under your feet. Keep on doing for your neighbor...Keep on having that unconditional love that we suppose to have.
Is anybody feeling what I'm feeling right about now? Do you feel the Holy Ghost acting up on the inside making you testify to the goodness of the Lord on the outside?
God's not dead. He's still alive and He's yet still on the throne! Wake up oh House of Zion and come up out of your grave clothes. Jesus has called you to come forth and work in the vineyard.
You made a Special Order, now wait on
God's Special Sauce! But they that wait on the Lord shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and
not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)
These song lyrics and art are tales, tides and twinkling lights - tunes telling stories of warmth and sun, city and sand, paths that lead, and the coins we can keep in the Karma Bank. Spirit's been bypassed for sorrow, dreaming of a better tomorrow .
Note: Since my husband's cancer surgery 4/25/05, this book content has been integrated into the public speaking content for audiences interested in a sassy approach to personal and/or community awareness events. Another chapbook on intimate love poet
