It’s been three months now since I’m in the attitude of "waiting", waiting for God’s "go" signal for a lot things…Those people close to me, have known me to be a person who worries a lot, lacks patience and hates waiting. I am amenable of that - that’s my weakness. It is my daily prayer is that God will meet me in this "weakness" for His grace to increase in me...Yes Lord!
In one of my times of reflection after I did my daily routine of feeding our dogs, I just got this impression of writing a blog on "waiting" and even discovering on what His Word teaches about this hard subject. So, this blog you're reading right now is in response to that still-small-voice. But to tell you, it took me three days after that impression before I started writing this blog. Hmmm...sometimes I realize that I let God "wait" on me also! HAHA! nahhh. joking.
In searching for a key verse for this blog, I came across Psalm 27:14 (emphasis mine) that says:
"Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD."
Such emphasis on the phrase "wait for the LORD" that it was mentioned twice in this verse.
Just a little bit of the context of Psalm 27, This psalm is written by King David in his deliverance he had from the sword of the giant, when Abishai succoured him. (2 Samuel 21:16-17). I will not get into the details of this particular Psalm/song. But basically this is a song of deliverance written and sang by King David. I can just imagine his feelings in praying this song on the context of war...those times when the reality of facing your opponents who tend to have better armors, thousands of men in the battalion, and as King David defeated a "giant". In life, we face our different "realities", it can symbolize our doubts, fears and impatience that hinder us from "waiting for the LORD".
One of the things that make "waiting for the LORD" so hard and stressful is that we sometimes want our own timeline...we dictate, we impose, we want things and circumstances to come right away in front of us instead on really waiting for the LORD in full trust and surrender. It is not easy...
I do believe that in my journey of "waiting for the LORD" especially during this chapter of my life...looking for a job, a teaching job. I never imagined how hard it is to look for a job!!! Feelings of pressure that my colleagues are already employed and are earning. When this random thoughts come into my mind...I slowly let God's presence minister to me and let Him remind me of those times when I worry a lot and grow impatient but then in the end...I realized that He did not allow and give things right away for a lot of purposes - those purposes that I did not see during those times of worrying. Ohhhhh...those times!!
Believe it or not, I encounter a lot of "testings" of waiting and exercising my patience E V E R Y D A Y, may it be in waiting for a cab, in the resto waiting for your meal to arrive...and many more! So. help. me. God.
No matter how shot or long the waiting time that God is giving us...let us always ask the Holy Spirit to teach us to wait in trust and surrender. I want to end this blog with the Amplified Bible version of Psalm 27:14:
Let's praise God while we're waiting!
One of the things that make "waiting for the LORD" so hard and stressful is that we sometimes want our own timeline...we dictate, we impose, we want things and circumstances to come right away in front of us instead on really waiting for the LORD in full trust and surrender. It is not easy...
I do believe that in my journey of "waiting for the LORD" especially during this chapter of my life...looking for a job, a teaching job. I never imagined how hard it is to look for a job!!! Feelings of pressure that my colleagues are already employed and are earning. When this random thoughts come into my mind...I slowly let God's presence minister to me and let Him remind me of those times when I worry a lot and grow impatient but then in the end...I realized that He did not allow and give things right away for a lot of purposes - those purposes that I did not see during those times of worrying. Ohhhhh...those times!!
Believe it or not, I encounter a lot of "testings" of waiting and exercising my patience E V E R Y D A Y, may it be in waiting for a cab, in the resto waiting for your meal to arrive...and many more! So. help. me. God.
No matter how shot or long the waiting time that God is giving us...let us always ask the Holy Spirit to teach us to wait in trust and surrender. I want to end this blog with the Amplified Bible version of Psalm 27:14:
"Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord."
Let's praise God while we're waiting!
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