The Delayed Chariot: God's Tarrying and Eternal Purpose
"Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?" This cry of Sisera's mother—hoping yet half-despairing—echoes through the hearts...
This is historical examples on divine providence and god's timing versus human impatience, drawing on Ruth 4:28-30.
"Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?" This cry of Sisera's mother—hoping yet half-despairing—echoes through the hearts of multitudes in the stern fight of existence and the moral campaign of consecrated life. When Elohim tarries in His pavilion of cloud, withholding both Himself and His blessings, our hearts struggle and our lips quiver with wondering desire to know the reason why.…
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