Waiting can be a challenge, even for those who are in Christ, and even for those who have experienced a good outcome from previous times of waiting.
We don’t always carry the last victory into the newest challenge. As humans, we have accomplished forgetters.
God may be saying, “Wait,” and we may even be willing to do so … for a few days. But, like Saul, our flesh nags at us: “I’ve got to do something!”
And that’s when we make ourselves vulnerable to injury. We’ve moved ahead, without assurance that we’re doing what God wants, so we’re forced to rely on our own ability to make decisions and on our own power to resist temptation.
It’s always better to wait and listen to God than to put ourselves in motion too soon … not with an idle heart, but with a still one. Idle hearts wander. Still hearts wait.
Wait for the LORD;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the LORD!
(Psalm 27:14 ESV)
Thanks for the encouragement. It seems when God commands us to wait, He means “wait
expectantly.” Waiting becomes less frustrating when we realize for Whom we are waiting. Humans can fail us. God will NOT fail us—-never has. Our expectation must be IN THE LORD. We must consider in our waiting the object of our waiting. Psalm 62:1,5. It is in God ONLY. That means we must not listen to our self, but rather talk to our whole self about it. “My soul–mind emotions and will.” That makes ‘waiting” motionless as we do our waiting in silence. Inactivity is a sign of trust in the Lord. That means we
are quietly resolved to the wisdom of God in our anticipated outcome. Because the Lord (notice the text), is our stronghold, rock, salvation and refuge we can wait confidently! When we naturally
worry about things, instead, choosing to wait on the Lord means we relieve ourselves of a troubled heart.