“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not
thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth
wicked devices to pass.”-Psalm 37:7
We
are called to seek God, to believe God, and have faith in Him. When we feel like we have everything or
nothing. The Lord still wants us to
praise Him, to glorify Him, and to seek His face. This can be difficult when there is no
answer, no feedback, no response, no direction, and you are forced to wait on
Him. Wait, when you need an answer, and
you long for victory.
“Birds
sing in the dark” (words from Oswald Chamber’s devotional book “My Utmost for
His Highest), they sing announcing a sunrise that has yet to come, a sunrise
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 in the
dark. Parise him for the victory that is
not yet come, but most certainly will…..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 have faith it may not be 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 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 men and women who had a great ability to 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 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 somewhere important to
be at 8:00 am; all the way across town…..now all you can think about is how
fast you’re not going. 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.
Then it is time to wait, to have patience, to have faith. God is leading, the sunrise is coming, and
the Lord will provide…..trust God. If
you try to take the situation into your own hands you will fail, or get off
course. Christ is the captain and we
have to wait for His direction. In times
of unknown, that is the hardest thing to do in this world.
It
can be very easy to confuse motion with accomplishment; movement with
action. When we take it upon ourselves
to play captain then we are doing so in vain.
Although it may feel like we are acting to accomplish a virtuous end; if
we are not in God’s will, then it is in vain.
The soul that finds rest in the Lord, and waits patiently for him; the
soul that can “cast all his cares upon him.”
That soul will have victory and peace.
In your walk with God, stillness, can be very productive. “I’ll
cast on him my every care and wait for thee.” (Lyrics from Sweet Hour of
Prayer)
