"Let the Lord Work It Out" Is Usually an Excuse

I've heard it more times than I can count. You open the Book, you get specific, you name the sin or the error plainly — and somebody folds their arms and says, "Well, we just need to let the Lord work it out."

Brother, what do you think He's doing right now?

That phrase sounds humble. It sounds patient. But more often than not, it's a soft way of saying, "Don't bring the Word that close to me." And the man who says it walks away feeling holy for doing nothing.

The Lord already handed us His primary tool for working things out. He didn't leave us a feeling. He left us a Book. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16). Reproof and correction — that's the Lord working it out, through specific verses applied to specific lives.

When you open the Bible and get specific, you're not getting in His way. You're the very means He chose to work. The preacher who names the matter from chapter and verse is doing the thing the cliché claims to be waiting on.

So next time somebody hands you that line, don't get angry. Answer gently: "Amen. Let's open to where He's already worked it out, and read it together."

Vague never sanctified anybody. The Word does. Let it get specific, and watch what the Lord does.

Pastor Fortunato
Founding Pastor & Preacher of the Word.
Pilgrim Baptist Church — Cookeville, Tennessee

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