Ex 32:1 Leader' delay-a negative result

Being late brings some negative results. Either it is from God or from people, it brings negative results. If God is late he can give a compensation. But if we do late, some times the payment would be more than we can bear. The spirits under altar cried out to the Lord, "...How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Rev. 6:10. But it was God. He can wipe their tears off. 

For Abraham God might be late but in God's calendar he is on right time. In the mean time Abraham became father of Ishmael, which is a negative result. Some times God delays like he did in the case of Lazarus. 

One of the negative result is "eat & drink". There is nothing wrong in eating and drinking. But here in Exodus 32, people opened their mouth not because they are hungry but they became perverts. When a leader, Moses here, made late they started to eat and drink and dance before the golden calf.

Jesus said before his coming people would be like the people in the time of Noah. What were they doing? They were eating and drinking, marrying, building their houses etc. There is nothing wrong to eat. God said that he will satisfy you with best wheat. But eating and drinking is not the kingdom of God.

Jesus said to Peter that a servant would turn to be a pervert and start to eat and drink and then beat up his fellow servants. (Luke 12:45)

Another negative result is that delay produces delay. When delay is produced by you into your own life, you would be wondering why, with all your talents and gifts, not developing as much as other Christians do. Its not that you are without gifts but you are lazy. Whatever the reason for your delaying, you should know that your delay produces delay. 

Ex. 28:1-4 Faithful God

"Aaron, Aaron!" 

Aaron heard the voice and got up from sleep. "who is this?" he asked.

"this is me, Mr. Satan"

"Oh, what is it?" Aaron asked.

"I got a doubt Aaron. Can i ask?" Satan asked.

"Yes, you can ask", Aaron replied.

Satan asked, "Did Moses had a call in his life? I mean did God call him to serve him?"

"ha ha ha" Aaron laughed. He said, "you don't know the story? He saw the Lord in a bush. God called him and sent him. He saw the Lord and he speaks with him face to face. Nobody can doubt it. We have lot of proofs."

"Oh ok, i dont know that. Now, i have an another question. Shall i ask?"

"Yes you can ask. I can easily answer your stupid questions" Aaron replied

"My question is, do you have a call?" Devil asked.

"Yes, I have a call. hmmm... yes i do have a call." Aaron replied

"Did God call you from a bush? Did you hear his voice in a dream or a vision calling you to serve him?"

Aaron said, "hmm... No... but Moses told me that God told him to be his mouth because I can speak good. I think its.. its my call..."

Devil replied, "So you THINK that it is your call. So you dont have any proofs that God called you. So... ok. I got to believe this. Ok i will do?"

"Actually... God's words are put in my mouth" Aaron replied but it seems that devil already left.

Aaron kept silent. Aaron could not sleep well that night. When he got up in the morning, Moses was ready to go. Moses said, "brother, Aaron. get ready we need to go"

Aaron replied, "yes i am getting ready. you just go on. I will meet you on the way."

Aaron looked through the doors and saw that Moses was walking through the tents and the people standing with respect and saluting him. Aaron got ready. He made some extra furnishing to his beard. He came out to walk through the tents. No one is standing. But he felt people are standing behind him after he passed over them. He wanted to tell them that its okay, no need to stand. He turned back to tell them. When he turned back, he found that Miriam was coming. People are standing to greet her. It was humiliating. These people are common people. They really dont know my talents  He said to a man standing next to him, "I am going out. You know i have to catch Moses. I have to speak for him. He cannot speak for himself you know."

Then the next person to Aaron replied, "yes. But you got to wait until he speaks. You cannot speak until he speaks. You really have great brothers and sisters. Miriam is a prophetess and Moses is a great leader."

Aaron smiled and said, "yes, yes i have a great family" Now Aaron thought, if Moses is a leader and Miriam is a prophetess, then what is me? What is my title? Do i really have a call?"

There came day. Someone knocked the door. Aaron opened the door. Moses was standing at the door. "Hi Moses, how are you?"

"I am fine. I came to tell you that God wants you to come up to the hill."

"Come up to the hill?"

"Yes, and you need to come along with your two sons, Nadab and Abihu. I will be waiting there. I got to go" Saying this Moses left.

Aaron was very happy. He said to himself, Its not just me. "Nadab! hey, Abihu! get ready, we need to go up the holy mountain."

Eleazar and Ithamar came to Aaron and said, "are we also coming dad?"

"No, only Nadab and Abihu."

He went up along with his two sons. He came down along with his two sons. He said to himself, "what is my call. Now what is the call of my sons?"

Few days later, someone knocked the door. Aaron opened the door. He saw someone. That someone said to Aaron, "Moses wants to see you. He said that you bring all your four sons."

"Why", Aaron said to himself. He took all his sons and went to Moses.

When he met Moses, Moses smiled and said, "Before God told me to tell you that you speak well and speak for me, he also said 'Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?' He did not call you because you speak well but he created you like this because he called you. Call exists before it actually comes to you. The call he gave you is not for you alone. It is not going to cease. It will continue in your children's mouth. All these days you served him without a special garment and a title. Now you will have an ephod, special garment. Your title is "high priest" and your sons are the priests. This job will continue in your seed for generations and you will serve the Lord in his own house."

Tears rolling down his cheeks, Aaron embraced Moses tightly and looked up the mountain of God with the heart of gratitude. His mind started thinking all the things happened in his life in the past and how God trained him all these years for this purpose.

Isa 59:21 “As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the LORD. “My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the LORD.

Ex. 26.31-33 My Saviour on a vail