Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of our post today is Stay Flexible.

The following three verses in Isaiah speak of God changing the times and seasons.

Isaiah 48, 6, you have heard, look at all this, and you, will you not

declare it? I proclaim to you new things from this time, even hidden things that you've not known.

Isaiah 43.19, behold, I'll do something new. Now it will spring forth. Will you not be aware of it? I'll even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.

And Isaiah 42.9. Behold, the former things have come to pass.

Now I declare new things.

Before they spring forth, I proclaim them to you.

First, notice the phrase spring forth in the last two verses.

These words mark a shift in time. Something new is about to spring forth. God sometimes waits until the last moment to act. It's also true, however, that when he does,

it can transpire quickly.

He also has a sense of humor.

Shortly after Dallas Seminary was founded in 1924, it almost folded coming to the point of bankruptcy.

All the creditors were ready to foreclose at 12 noon

on a particular day. That morning, the founders of the school met in the president's office to pray

that God would provide. And that prayer meeting was Harry Ironside.

When it was his turn to pray, he said in his refreshingly candid way,

Lord, we know that the cattle on a thousand hills are thine.

That's King James.

Prayers are answered better when you speak King James.

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