“And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.” –Deuteronomy 3: 21 & 22
“Birds sing in the dark” (words from Oswald Chamber’s devotional book “My Utmost for His Highest). Birds sing in the dark, they sing announcing a sunrise that has yet to come, they have yet to see, but they sing anyway. They have faith it will rise; as the morning before, and the morning before that, and before that. Like the birds, we must wait on the Lord, on the sunrise, and praise him all in the while; praise him in the dark. “For what?” For the victory that is not yet come, but most certainly will…..Why? Because he is God, and with him there is only victory. He WILL fight for his people, for his children. If we trust in the Lord and “praise him in the storm” maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not a year from now, but at some point, there will be victory; there will be a sunrise, in his own good time. It is not easy to wait on the Lord when the world is falling apart around you, but ultimately when you’re in troubles and trials it comes down to: “do I believe that Gods way is best?” If so, I will wait on his answer, wait on his leading, wait on the victory that he WILL bring, and not follow my own selfish desires, my own selfish escape plan.
If you search the scriptures in them you will find great men, which had a great ability to wait before God. Not just wait on God, but wait before God. A situation would arise and they would take it to God; and wait on his answer. Wait with a mind and heart to accept whatever answer came their way. Waiting is an easy thing to do when you’re not in a hurry, everybody and their brother can go the speed limit as long as they have nowhere to be, but when they wake up at 7:45 am and they have to be in class or at work, promptly at 8:00 am; all the way across town…..now that speed limit is looking inconsequential. When there is a problem or a situation on your door step and you begin to call on God, and call on God, and call on God; with no answer. Now let see you wait, now let’s see your patience; your faith. God is leading, the sunrise is coming, the Lord will provide…..wait…..trust God.
It can be very easy to confuse motion with accomplishment; movement with action. While this may be true at the work place it is hardly the case in your spiritual life. In your walk with God, still, can be very productive…….. “Teach me Lord to wait.”
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