The Turkey Pop-Up Timer
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★SOME people use “pop-up” timers when they cook their turkeys. This apparatus is designed to be stuck way down in the turkey, and as the turkey heats up, the rising temperature registers with the thermometer. When the turkey gets fully cooked, the outside of the thermometer pops up and the turkey is done.
But now, this only works if it is stuck way down into the inner core of the turkey because if the turkey is not cooked, then it is not ready to eat. When the inner core is right, the external thing pops out signaling that it’s time to eat!
Many people are waiting for God to pop up and say that He will give them the desires of their heart. But what they don’t realize is that God is waiting for them to be fully cooked.
He’s waiting on them to be “done” and they just haven’t finished cooking yet.
The point
Like a turkey's pop-up timer that signals when the meat is fully cooked inside, God waits for us to become spiritually mature before granting our deepest desires.