Tarrying

Tarrying

We read in the Bible that following the resurrection of Dorcas, Peter "tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner" (Acts 9:43). It was while tarrying in Joppa that the Holy Spirit got through to peter (with visual aids no less) about his cultural and ethnic prejudices. What would have happened if, instead of tarrying, Peter had immediately struck out on a speaking tour to tell of the resurrection of Dorcas?  Is it possible that he would have failed to come to that shattering insight from the Holy Spirit, "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him" (Acts 10:34)? Non one knows. But we can know this God wants various "tarrying" places for all of us where he can teach us in special ways.

We tarry when we spend time in the Bible, studying.