Waiting is hard. No doubt about it. We humans get fidgety if we have to wait to long. If the line we are in at the grocery store takes too long then we begin to look around for other lanes that might be faster. If we wait too long in a waiting room, we begin to look at our watches and check the door more frequently, waiting for our name to be called.
How much harder is waiting on the Lord! The matters we have entrusted to Jesus are of far more weight then a few minutes in a grocery store line or an hour in a waiting room. We are waiting on important matters of life, and often even matters dear to our heart - our very loves, our very dreams.
Just as important as not being slack on our obedience is not running ahead. When we run ahead of God's timing, we make a mess of things because He has not yet done the molding and shaping in our life to prepare us for His answer.
We must be prompt when He calls: Luke 12:36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
But we must also wait on His timing. Lam 3:25-26 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Abraham ran ahead of God didn't he? We see the lesson from his life. God told him that HE would provide a promised son from whom all nations would be blessed. After many years of waiting, on Sarah's advice Abraham decided it would be a good idea to help God out with His plan, and begat Ishmael with Sarah's hand maiden. Ishmael begat of the flesh, fought against Isaac - the promised child whom God Himself brought forth.
Abraham had to live with the fruit of his disobedience his whole life because he ran ahead of God. The wars we have in the Middle East? They are the descendants of Ishmael warring against the descendants of Isaac. We still live with the consequences of Abraham running ahead of God. And both ourselves and our families live the consequences when we run ahead of God.
Yes, wait on the Lord dear Christian. He is faithful to provide and His timing is always perfect.
Psalm 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth. (NASB)
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