TGIF

““Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”

(Matthew 7:7–11 ESV)

I have noted here before that my cats have a feeding schedule that you can set your proverbial clock by.

If you don’t have a proverbial clock you could almost tell time from them as they are quite punctual.

There is no need for an alarm clock as most of us can’t stay asleep with a cat standing on our heads knitting our hair together.

That means it’s 6:00 AM and time to get up…

An interesting thing happened the other day, however.

I rose as commanded and went to get the cats breakfast…and the cupboard was bare.

We were out of cat food.

Uh oh..

Now, the way the morning ritual goes is that Miss Kitty sits by her dish on the bed and Chester sits by his dish on the floor as they wait for me to go in the other room and fetch the vittles.

Missy gets fed first because she’s Missy and then Chester chows down after.

On this day, I came back with empty hands and they just sat and stared at me.

After making the proper apologies, I started to get ready to go get breakfast…I would have to get cleaned up, get gas in the truck, go to the store, and come back.

It was going to be a while.

They understood none of this, they only understood that they were hungry.

They were still sitting by empty dishes when I left.

When I came back from the store, they were sitting in the exact same places I left them in and eagerly commenced to wolf down their Friskies without comment.

This, naturally, got me musing about God and my own “empty dishes”.

There are things that I’ve been asking God to do that only He can do for me.

There are needs that need to be met as regularly as I fill the cats dishes.

If He doesn’t fill them, they won’t be filled.

There are the empty dishes of others that I pray He will fill with finances, healing ,hope, and so many other things common to us all.

We all spend a lot of time sitting by empty dishes in expectation.

Sometimes, when we think He’s going to fill our dish, it seems like He has left the building instead.

We sit with our empty dishes and wonder what to do.

Here’s what to do…be like my cats.

Keep sitting there next to your dish in expectation.

Keep sitting there with your empty dish in expectation even if it seems that He’s late…again.

He knows the best time to fill it and His cupboard is never bare.

You’re more than a pet, you’re a beloved child and an heir.

He knows the need…and He loves to meet your needs.

He’s good.

The Friskies is on the way…

Make your own application…