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Day 143: Wait on the Lord!


August 5, 2020


I am not a fan of waiting.  Waiting for something, in my mind, means a lack of progress and that time is “being wasted”.  Sometimes this is true and sometimes not.  When I must wait in a doctor’s waiting room (what a horrible name for a room) for 45 minutes for an appointment that I rushed to arrive at on time, I feel aggravated.  Traffic is a fact of life where I live and I have grown accustomed to it, but I still feel anxious when I am running late and there are twenty cars ahead of me at a stop light.  Also, there is a difference between waiting for good things and waiting for bad things.  Anticipating a batch of cookies coming out of the oven is “good waiting”.  Sitting in your car in line for a Covid-19 test is “bad waiting”.  But not all waiting is a lack of progress, even though my frustration may say otherwise.  When we are waiting on answers from God about our life, we may feel like we do in the doctor’s office after they move us to the examination room.  Did they forget I am in here?  What if they close the office and go home and I am locked in here all night?  (If you have never had those thoughts, I want to use your doctors!)  When we are waiting on resolutions to life’s situations God never forgets about us.  During our waiting we have a chance for our faith and trust to be strengthened.  This is the reason God gives us struggles and sometimes makes us wait for his perfect answers.  This kind of waiting is not a waste of time, it is a chance to grow closer to Him.  Isaiah 40:31 (AMP) says:  “But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] Will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun]; They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired.”  Psalm 37:5 (TLB) says:  “Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him to help you do it, and he will.”  Wait on the Lord!  Smile and be joyful!

A song to listen to while you are waiting:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6X71sXagUY

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