Something God has been teaching me lately, is to just be silent before Him and wait on Him. He's given me verse after verse with a common theme.... WAIT.
"Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage.... ....Wait I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:147
"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him..." "Wait on the Lord ..." Psalm 37:7,34
"My soul, wait silently for God alone..." Psalm 62:5
...why? "Why?" is always my question. It's so hard for me to just wait patiently for Him. I'm not so good at the waiting part!! ...{no wonder why He's been giving me these verses!}... It all started a few nights ago. I couldn't sleep, so I began to pray for God to give me a verse. Anything. I just needed something to hang on to, to meditate on while I tried to sleep. Well, what He gave me didn't exactly "lull" me to sleep... in fact, it kept me up a lot longer than planned and made me think. What did it mean? What was He trying to say to me? I wish I knew. And besides that... I "randomly" went to Habakkuk... who ever randomly goes to Habakkuk?....{!}
"I will stand my watch, and set myself on the rampart and watch to see what He will say to me... ....For the vision is yet for an appointed time: but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it: because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Habakkuk 1:1,3
Why do I need to stand watch? What will He say to me? What vision?!! So I'm to wait until the end for it to speak? When is the end....? Ya see what I mean? I'm not very good at the waiting part.
But He Who is faithful is teaching me....
"He is teaching me to follow Him —
joyfully,
expectantly,
hopefully, and
faithfully."
Really good thoughts...thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteGianna thanks for sharing! I sooooo many times find that waiting can be one of the hardest things to do...but then one of the most rewarding things to do! God bless you and thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Gianna....this was incredibly encouraging to me! Something God has been teaching me lately too...:)
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