Psalm 27:14
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
Not Fainting in Waiting
Isaiah writes that it is those who wait
upon the Lord who will have their strength renewed. Even in their
running they will not be weary or faint in their walking (Isaiah 40:31).
What the author appears to be saying is that a person is strengthened
when they wait on God. If you are waiting on someone, you are trusting
them, aren’t you? If we act on our own and refuse to wait, we are at
risk for growing weary and maybe even fainting from exhaustion by trying
to do things on our own timeline and in our own strength and not
putting them in God’s hands. There is no shame in waiting on God (Psalm
25:3) because it shows that you trust Him. Twice the psalmist declares
“wait for the Lord” as if we needed a reminder (Psalm 27:4), which,
knowing my impatience, I needed to hear again.
Open Doors
I am horrible when it comes to waiting
for doors to open. The times when I failed to have God open a door for
me, I jimmied the door and ruined everything. I should have waited on
God to open that door or to find out later that this wasn’t the door God
wanted me to walk through in the first place. I have to remember that
it is God alone Who can open doors that no one else can (Rev. 3:7-8).
Isn’t hope the same as waiting? Our hope in seeing Christ, our hope of
an imperishable body, and our hope for the kingdom are all in the
future, and we have to wait for all these blessings (Psalm 31:24). Even
when we think our prayers are not being heard, we should realize that
they are. We only have to trust in Him, which might mean we have to wait
(Psalm 40:1).
Timing Is Everything
God’s timing is always perfect, but my
timing clearly isn’t. The times when I try to walk ahead of the will of
God or the times when I am behind the will of God, my timing is always
wrong. If we are in agreement with one other regarding God’s will, then
we’ll be walking together (Amos 3:3). If things seem to be taking a
little longer than we like, it’s because the time is not right. When
something lingers in our mind, in God’s mind it comes at exactly the
right time with no delay (Hab. 2:3). Maybe God’s asking you to wait for
something. Will you wait, or will you be like me and try to do things on
your own timeline?
A Closing Prayer
God, You are so faithful, and I must
learn to trust Your timing and not mine. You know the future and I do
not. Therefore, help me to wait patiently on You and to not try to push
ahead on my own timeline and ruin everything. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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