Mystery of Providence - Flavel - XV - Chapter 12 continued

Required reading 
Mystery of Providence by John Flavel (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Chapter 12 continued (Section: 'How may a Christian be supported in waiting upon God, while Providence delays the performance of the mercies to him for which he has long prayed and waited').

My notes and thoughts
Discussion of another practical implication of providence is today's reading.

This section was basically one massive rebuke against anyone for being impatient with God's providence.  Right up front, Flavel says that there is only a delay because we see a delay, in God's eyes there is no delay: 'It is slackness if you reckon by your own rule and measure, but it is not so if you reckon and count by God's.  The Lord does not compute and reckon His seasons of working by our arithmetic.'  In fact, 'nothing can be more precise, certain and punctual than is the performance of mercy at the time and season which God has appointed.' 

So much great material here for those who are always bothered about why God hasn't answered their prayers.  The problem is clearly with them, not God.

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.