There is hardly anyone that likes to
wait. Toddlers are notorious for their
inability to wait. Teenagers impetuously want things to happen instantaneously and
don’t have time to wait. Adults throughout their normal days will become annoyed at
lines, other people and service counters.
We all struggle with waiting, yet we all know the cliché, “good things come
to those who wait.” Still most of the time, we
cannot see anything good in any waiting. We live in a culture where know one really has to wait for anything. We like
instant gratification and have become accustomed to it but that doesn’t mean that we are really blessed by it or
that we learn a single thing as we grab what we want, when we want it.
Something good does happen to those that
wait. It happens in the simplest of
situations, as we learn the rewards of patience and to be become more self-controlled in our
anger. It definitely happens in the hardest
situations even though we seldom note it. As we wait … we learn trust, patience
develops at a deeper level and finally perseverance strengthens us as we go through things.
Waiting upon God, elicits trusting Him more
while we securely stand in grace sufficient for all situations and time. We can
count on His sustaining, shaping and masterful hand to be upon us. Waiting upon God in faith does bring good
things to all those that wait. Look
around as you wait and see what God is doing in you and for you. You might be
surprised. Srm
“I
wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I
wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning”
(Psalm 130:5-6).
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