Wait Patiently on the Lord

“It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD.”

Lamentations 3:26

God is never late, He is never early, He is always on time.

The only ‘problem’ is that His timing can often frustrate us.

When it comes to obeying the Lord we can often be guilty of getting everything right but moving too soon or too late.

Just ask Abraham.

He and Sarah believed God for the promise of a child.

They just grew weary of waiting on God and the result of it was Ishmael.

They took matters into their own hands so to speak because, they felt, God must have wanted it that way or He would have fulfilled the promise long before.

As we have been speaking about, when it comes to ‘staking our claim’ we first must recognize the call of God, then we must identify our role in fulfilling it.

When those two are done we often find ourselves in a waiting pattern.

Like so many jets lined up on the runway we are eager for the air traffic controller in the control tower to give permission to take off.

But...it...seems...like...they...just...keep...us...in...a...holding...pattern.......

Hurry up and wait!

For all His own reasons God often does that as well.

Too be sure there is growth in the waiting.

We just don’t like it!

But true obedience and victory often has to wait.

While eagerness might sometimes be good it can also get us into a lot of trouble.

Don’t follow obediently after God only to step ahead of Him just before He says “Now!”

Wait patiently on the Lord.