Waiting on The Lord

Ability

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

Thomas A. Edison 1847-1931, American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Founder of GE

Isa 40:28-31
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 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. KJV

I think of all the tasks that men are destined to do; waiting is the one which causes most men, the most problems. We are, it seems, in quite a hurry, and sometimes for no reason at all, a speeding ticket can testify for most. But sometimes God, puts us in a holding pattern, and that one can be most frustrating for us all. The unceasing whys and what for questions that we assail God with while He, I feel, looks upon us with a quiet smile, waiting for the reaction to our circumstances.

I have always liked the poem by Norman Macleod; Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust in God, and do the right.

I have a thought for you. If you are not weary, you have not been working, and if you have not been working, you have not accomplished anything. Well, we all have a task, a job that God has designed into our makeup that we should be busy doing, but sometimes on the way to the goal, He has us to stand still and listen. Sometimes it is because we have been doing things in our strength instead of His that causes us this period of stillness. But sometimes it is because He really wants us to concentrate and focus on Him while He strengthens us for what He has in front of us.

Waiting though is tough, it is hard on us because we can’t see ahead, but it is not hard on God. He has designed all of these things for us so that we can grow, and waiting is a part of that plan. We must develop a quiet trust, a confidence in who our God is, so we will not grow weary in waiting, or in doing, we must place our full confidence in who God is and what He, not we, can do. His strength will keep yours and my battery charged for the goal ahead…if we but just trust and obey…God Bless.
Pastor William