Waiting. Waiting in line. Waiting in traffic. Waiting for a special occasion. It’s difficult to wait. Whether it’s a five minute, five month, or five year wait, it seems like an eternity because it seems that we are not accomplishing anything while we wait.
The hardest wait for us to endure is to wait on the Lord. When we are waiting on the Lord we are usually in a state of desperation. We have normally run out of all other options. Now we stand at the door of heaven, and the Lord says, “Wait.” We know His will is best. We know His timing is best. But the last thing we want to do is wait because our future, our lives, our families, something extremely important to us is in the balance.
So what do we do while we wait? We don’t have to become a frantic bundle of nerves. We don’t have to grab a pill to numb our way through it. We don’t have to lose faith. God has granted us a most precious provision to cling to, to live by, while we wait. It is His Word.
There are hundreds of lessons the Lord has for us while we sit in the Lord’s waiting room, and patience is just skimming the surface! Waiting is for building faith. Waiting is for drawing near to Him. Waiting is for embracing and learning to love and live on the Word of God.
Psalm 130:5 “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope.”
While you wait, you can hope! Turn to the Word. Turn to His promises. Turn to the Treasures of Scripture. If you find yourself in the Lord’s waiting room today, read The Good Book and cast yourself on It!
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