The Lord Waits
Author: Rev. Esther Holmes
May 10, 2018
Think about it! Is 30:18 Therefore will the
Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you…blessed are all they that wait for
Him.
We should not only understand the
importance of our waiting on God but also realize something even more wonderful
– the Lord waits on us! And the very thought of His waiting on us will give us
renewed motivation and inspiration to “wait for Him”. It will also
provide inexpressible confidence that our waiting will never be in vain.
Therefore in the spirit of waiting on God, let us seek to discover exactly what
it means right now.
The Lord has an inconceivably
glorious purpose for each of His children. “If this is true,” you ask,
“why is it that He continues to wait longer and longer to offer His grace and
to provide the help I seek, even after I have come and waited on Him?” He does
so because He is a wise gardener who “waits for the land to yield its valuable
crop” and is “patient…for the autumn and spring rains” (James 5:7). God
knows he cannot gather the fruit until it is ripe, and He knows precisely when
we are spiritually ready to receive blessings for our gain and His glory.
And waiting in the sunshine of His love is what will ripen our soul for His
blessings. Also, waiting under the clouds of trials is as important, for
they will ultimately produce showers of blessings.
Rest assured that if God waits
longer than we desire, it is simply to make the blessings doubly
precious. Remember, He waited four thousand years, “but when the time had
fully come, God sent His Son.” (Gal 4:4) Our time is in His Hands, and He
will quickly avenge those He has chosen, swiftly coming to our support without
ever delaying even one hour too long. –by Andrew Murray
The greatest strength is to have the
patience of Christ to the point that you are even willing to wait on HOPE to
return.
Heb 11:27 Moses persevered
because he saw “Him who is invisible”.
Most persevere only when their
circumstances are favorable. And that is not faith.
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