A city child was spending his vacation on a farm. They showed him a hen sitting on a nest of eggs, and told him that some day a little chicken would come out of each egg. Their child was delighted at this dramatic idea, and every morning he went around expecting to see the miracle.
Days passed and nothing happened. The eggs still looked exactly the same. Not the slightest change occurred in the appearance of things, and gradually his faith waned. At last one day he told himself bitterly that he had been deceived.
Next day, however, from habit he went around to the nest as usual, but without any hope; and behold, what was his joy to see a flock of little chickens running about.
Of course wonderful changes had been taking place all the time behind the shells, but there was nothing to show for it until the very last moment. Some of our greatest demonstrations come to us like this. In this story it was the spectator who lost faith, and so it did not matter. If the mother hen had lost her faith – well, there would have been no chickens. Give your demonstration time to hatch.
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not (Galatians 6:9).
Time crowds in on us every day and creates many pressures on us to perform based on a schedule. That is a part of life and good in many ways. However, when we are seeking God’s will, his omniscient character is aware of present and future need and always returns to us that which suits our best good, known and unknown. So, we must be patient in our supplications, resting firm in t he knowledge that the all knowing God is answering our prayers on his schedule.
Punched in on God’s clock,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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