It’s so easy to want to take control of our lives, to take matters into our own hands.
There are so many scriptures regarding waiting for the Lord, believing His Word, and entering His rest.
“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”
Psalm 27:14
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; but ye would not.”
Isaiah 30:15
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30
With all of the seeming setbacks our family has experienced, at times, it’s been very difficult to have to learn to wait on God. Reminds me, again, of Joni Eeareckson Tada’s testimony, and of the old adage, “Let go and let God.”
It’s funny how the longer I have to wait on God the more I’m realizing how awesome an opportunity it is to get to wait on God. The Heavenly attributes He’s creating in my life as I wait on Him are changing my thinking about waiting. Restlessness is being replaced by His rest. It’s life-changing.
I believe the devil knows the powerful lessons God’s children learn by waiting and that he comes against anyone who is willing to learn to wait on the Lord. It was part of his strategy when he tempted Jesus in the desert.
I was sitting here this morning waiting for God to give me something to write. Then, I noticed an email from my good neighbor, Linda.
Linda, replied to yesterday’s “Waiting On God” email saying they’d sung a song at church Sunday called, “God Is In The Waiting.” Linda said, “We tend to think that if nothing seems to be happening we need to do something to speed it up. Guilty as charged☺! So since then I have been resting in Jesus!!!”
Linda’s words are so true of each of us…=)
Waiting on God is a really good buffer. I’ve met who has been willing to wait on God in some capacity has been endowed with a sweet, abiding, sustaining depth in their life that probably could not have taken place any other way. A grace, joy and peace is given by the Holy Spirit to keep our hearts as we wait.
Perhaps most importantly is the fact that waiting also seems to replace the thing I’ve been waiting for with simply more of Jesus, His joy and peace. It’s kind of like the lyric, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”
And let the peace of God rule in your heart.
Safe in the arms of Jesus…☺
God bless,
Mark