[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0517":3},"MAY 17\r\nAnd when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness ... an angel of the Lord. . . saying, . . . now come, I\r\nwill send thee into Egypt (Acts 7:30-34).\r\nOften the Lord calls us aside from our work for a season, and bids us be still and learn ere we go forth again to minister.There is no    time lost in such waiting hours.\r\nFleeing from his enemies, the ancient knight found that his horse\r\nneeded to be re-shod. Prudence seemed to urge him on without delay, but higher wisdom taught him to halt a few minutes at the\r\nblacksmith's forge by the way, to have the shoe replaced, and\r\nalthough he heard the feet of his pursuers galloping hard behind, yet he waited those minutes until his charger was refitted for his   flight. And then, leaping into his saddle just as they appeared a\r\nhundred yards away, he dashed away from them with the fleetness of\r\n\r\nthe wind, and knew that his halting had hastened his escape.\r\nSo often God bids us tarry ere we go, and fully recover ourselves\r\nfor the next stage of the journey and work Days of Heaven upon Earth.\r\nWaiting! Yes, patiently waiting\r\nTill next steps made plain shall be; To hear, with the inner hearing,\r\nThe Voice that will call for me.\r\nWaiting! Yes, hopefully waiting!\r\nWith hope that need not grow dim;   The Master is pledged to guide me, And my eyes are unto Him.\r\nWaiting! Expectantly waiting! Perhaps it may be today\r\nThe Master will quickly open The gate to my future way.\r\nWaiting! Yes, waiting! still waiting!\r\nI know, though I've waited long,\r\nThat, while He withholds His purpose, His waiting cannot be wrong.\r\nWaiting! Yes, waiting! still waiting! The Master will not be late:\r\nHe knoweth that I am waiting For Him to unlatch the gate.   --J. Danson Smith.",1783499793031]