I hope you are a better "waiter" than I am. I have never been good at it but I know the Lord wants me to be patient and "wait upon" Him. I also know that most of the things I wait for, if given some time to wait, will pass away as unnecessary. At 70, that is a very good lesson to learn.
We are waiting for something quite important right now so here I sit, waiting. There is no more helpful Scripture for me than Lam. 3:22-23. When I am reminded that God's mercies are new every morning and that He is faithful in all of His plans, then I can be still and wait for Him. I am reminded of how those grumbling Israelites - who were recently rescued from an awful life of slavery by a very good God - complained that they didn't have good enough things to eat. In fact they were so ridiculous in their thinking they thought their life in slavery was better than their current state. So in Exodus 16 we find our very good God giving them nourishment morning and night...with some instructions on how that nourishment was to be gathered. The daily nourishment was a "test" to see if they would trust their Lord or their storehouses. Unfortunateley they learned that the hard way and often we do too.
When we trust our anything material then we don't trust our God. Priscilla Shirer says about God: "...He persistently pursues His saints, even when they are running in the wrong direction." It is His gracious love that causes Him to pursue us and give us new mercies every single day. I know that in my patient waiting my persistent God is ready to bless and I trust His wisdom in what that blessing looks like.
For further study: Deu. 7:9, Psalm 33:4, Psalm 91:4, Luke 11:3, 1 Cor. 10:13, 2 Cor. 4:16, Eph. 2:4-5, James 1:17, 1 Peter 1:3.
Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.
Love,
Holly
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