Waiting
Waiting is not my strongest attribute. In fact if it exists at all it is pretty far down the list. When I was growing up my mother always said that I wanted things yesterday, and my wife has confirmed it.
In the Old Testament we find that David talks a lot about waiting. I suspect he was a person like myself who found it very hard to sit still and wait God’s time. In many of the Psalms that he penned he reminds us of the importance of waiting on the Lord. Here are just two examples:
“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord” (Psalm 27:14).
“Wait on the Lord, and keep His way” (Psalm 37:34).
I am still trying to learn this great lesson, and trust that I have made at least some little progress. The more we learn to submit to God’s timetable, the less frustrated we will be. David waited many years for the fulfilment of God’s promise that he would one day be king of Israel. Are you and I willing to wait for His time, knowing His time is the very best, and that He will fulfill all His promises to us as well?
