Friday Devotional

When God Unfolds a Rose

There’s a song that our church choir sings called

“When God Unfolds a Rose” and I cry every time I hear it sung.

When God unfolds a rose

He always gets it right

When the petals are in place

Oh, it’s such
a beautiful sight

God knows when to hold on

And the perfect time to let go

So let Him have his way

And watch God
unfold the rose.

There are trials and tribulations

We must all go through

When it comes to heartache

We’ve all had our share

Oh, but when times are the hardest

We need to hold on to the promise

He said He’d never give us
 more than we could bear

So I’ll just keep on a praying

And holding on by faith

Knowing God is working for my good

And I’ll wait just like a rose bud in the garden

Cause only God can unfold a rose

Oh how beautiful this expression of words are to me. It reaches so far down in my soul that no one could understand but me and God. How true this rings to our lives, as often we try to push the hand of God by either trying to fix a situation that we should leave alone and let the Lord heal or move in his time, doing only what God can do. Or speaking from my heart “think I need it now….and I want it at this moment!”

But if we wait on God, like a garden full of rose buds…. diverse in color, all different in the species they represent, in the dew of the morning God will answer our call. He will open that sweet fragrant rose bud to a full bloom of beauty in our life but it must be in his time, for only God can unfold the rose. For surely He is the Lilly of the Valley and The Rose of Sharon. Therefore, He must increase, but I must decrease.

Written by

Glenna Williamson