Welcome to the In-Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, February 18th.

No one likes to wait, but today's podcast reminds us that if we jump ahead of God's timing,

we're sure to make a mess of things.

God loves you and desires to meet. The needs of your life promises to answer your prayers. But that does not mean

that he's going to give you everything you want when you want it. And you see, it's our unwillingness

to wait for his timing that gets us in trouble, brings about confusion, and the loss of God's

very best blessings in our life. There's a powerful

verse of Scripture in Isaiah chapter 64, if you'll turn there. Powerful versus scripture

that has to do with what we want to talk about, and that is waiting for God's timing,

a very, very important principle in the Word of God. The 64 chapter of Isaiah.

Hope you'll turn there and that you'll underline it and color it. You can, how have you mark your Bible?

And somebody says, well, should I mark up my Bible? Absolutely. Mark it up good. In fact, a Bible that's all marked up probably is a good

indication that somebody's life isn't all messed up. So I would mark it up. Look at this verse,

if you will. Verse four, for from the days of old, they have not heard or perceived by ear, nor has the I seen a God

besides you who acts in behalf of the one who waits for him. Look at that. God acts in behalf of the

one who waits for him. Now, what does the Bible mean by God acting in our behalf?

Here's what it means.

It means that God is a personal God.

He knows every single one of us and everything about us because he's omniscient.

To act in our behalf means that he is willing to become involved in every aspect of our life. And if he's acting

in my behalf, he's going to bring about those things that are good for me. He's going to act

in such a way as to accomplish his will and purpose. And many people will live their lives and die in ignorance of this truth.

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