I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:13-14 (NASB)
Waiting stinks. I don’t like it very much. My life has been full of waiting. I waited for 31 years to find “Mr. Right”. That was a LONG time. Fertility issues made me wait for lots of things like tests, test results, answers, and that ever elusive plus sign on the pregnancy test stick. We have waited for orders from the Army that tell us where we are going next. And I have waited for that email or phone call when my husband was deployed. Everyone waits and it isn’t much fun.
But God has been very faithful to me. There were lots of bumps along the road, but I am truly blessed. My husband turned out to be well worth the wait. He is a man worthy of honor and trust who loves the Lord. God gave us two beautiful sons who are continual blessings. The three guys in my life are physical reminders, spiritual markers, of the times God has answered my prayers beyond all that I could ask or think.
A while back I did a word study on “wait” in the Bible (check out an online Bible search engine). It seemed like waiting was one of the recurring themes in my life. I wanted to see what God had to say about waiting. I was amazed to find that the word “wait” is almost always paired with the word “hope”. What an “aha!” moment. If God, the creator of the universe, is on our side, if we are in a love relationship with Him, then we can have hope while we wait! All my past thoughts about waiting were negative, but all of His are optimistic. God uses the process of waiting to draw us closer to Him and to change us into the likeness of Christ.
May you find hope while you wait. Whether it be waiting for your next assignment, waiting for medical test results, waiting to hear God’s will for your life, waiting for a child who has turned from God to come back, waiting for a loved one to choose God for the first time, waiting for a deployment to be over, please pray while you wait. Meditate on the promises He has given us in His Word, and seek His peace.
Psalm 39:7 And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. (NASB)
Psalm 130:5-8 I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope. My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption. And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (NASB)
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (NASB)
Lamentations 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. (KJV)
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