Psalms 13:How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Indeed, our human interpretations of the word reasonable, in a particular situation, is at times quite different than God’s version of the same word, for in the context of time, His version of “reasonable” is “The fullness of time”. Therefore, it is one of the most critically important, and difficult lessons that folks will ever have to learn as Christians.
For instance, how long would it be “reasonable” for David to wait for the fulfillment of God’s will for him to be king? Every morning, he gets up, and prays for deliverance, and with each passing day the threats against his soul only increase, to the point where he gives voice to the grim premonitions that haunt his mind at times.
1st Samuel 20:And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
1st Samuel 20:3 And David swore moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord lives, and as thy soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!