The blessing in waiting

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited and hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.” Isaiah 25v9 (AMP)

Beloved, there is a blessing in waiting. To wait on the Lord could mean hanging on to Him and taking a faith walk with Him between one’s expectations, His promise and the fulfillment of it. It doesn’t mean being passive but could actually involve taking certain steps. As a sister of mine said, waiting on the Lord is a journey, and it is a journey based on faith. During this period, God might speak to you, encourage you through His Word, and through people. It is a time of trusting in Him, being fully persuaded that what He promised, He is able also to perform (Romans 4v21). We see the story of waiting on God in the life of Abraham and Sarah. We find that sometimes we might try to “help” God, as they did by giving Hagar, Sarah’s servant to Abraham to have a child. But I wonder if they had seen the end from the beginning, they would have made that same decision. Waiting on the Lord is a journey of trust. It takes moving beyond what you see, feel, and sometimes understand to trusting in God absolutely! Waiting on God increases our strength – it might not necessarily be physically but our spirit, mind, emotions and will are strengthened. As we feed upon His Word, hold onto His promises, pray to Him without fainting, we find ourselves growing stronger and stronger even in the face of great adversities and trials. Waiting on God also breeds intimacy and closeness to Him. It brings you closer to the point of total dependence on Him, a place of – God it is You that I hold on to, I depend on, I rely on, I wait on.

Supplementary Text

“No soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to Him: for my hope and expectation are from Him.” Psalm 62v5 (AMP)

Prayer

Father, I thank You for Your Word this day. I pray that You will grant me the grace to wait upon You in Jesus name, amen.