02/10/2018
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Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say on the Lord. – Psalm 27:14
It
is not always easy to wait. The other day, I was scheduled to attend a
6:00 p.m. lecture at school and I estimated that thirty minutes would be
enough time for me to make the commute to school. As I was
driving on the highway, however, I encountered a build up of traffic
halfway there.
Time was definitely running out for me, and I decided I needed
to find a way out of my dilemma.
In an attempt to gain
time, I started changing from one lane to another. Eventually, I was hit
by another vehicle. I had to pull over to the side of
the highway to exchange insurance information with the motorist
who hit me, and by the time we finished and I finally arrived at school,
the lecture
was over and I had missed my class. I learned a good lesson that
day: I should have exercised patience rather than endanger others and
myself by
weaving in and out of traffic.
In our spiritual lives,
we may tend to be in a hurry when God wants us to slow down. When we
ask God for anything, He gives us one of three answers:
yes, no, or wait. We may find it easy to deal with the first two
responses, but the third is sometimes more difficult.
Many accounts are given
in the Bible of those who waited for God’s timing. Abraham, the father
of faith, waited twenty-five years to receive the promised
heir, Isaac. The Children of Israel waited in Egypt for four
hundred years before they were released from Egyptian bondage. David, a
man after
God's own heart, waited for ten years after he was anointed king
before he was crowned. God knew that there was more than just one man
or even
one nation involved in these situations, and His timing was
perfect. At the end of each of these waiting periods, there was a mighty
blessing for
those who waited on God.
Let us learn from these
heroes of faith. Are we currently waiting on God for a promise to be
fulfilled? If we wait patiently on Him, He will strengthen
our hearts.
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