In this day and age, we are all about the “now”. We want what we want to know immediately and with our smart phones, we have all that we could ever want to know in the palm of our hands. If you’re like me, you plan every detail of your day, week, and life out and one of my struggles is when something comes up that I have to deal with, my mind instantly starts moving stuff around, but I’ve learned that’s the way life is sometimes.
We can make plans and in our minds know what’s going to happen, then comes the curveball. We know God is all knowing and wants the best for us and will guide us with His holy word that he has provided for us, but we as human beings want to pilot our own lives because “we know better”. In all that we do, we need to be patient and wait on God’s will, after all we sing the hymn often “In His Time” … do we think about the lyrics on how it’s a prayer for Him to show us every day as He’s teaching us HIS way, that we do just what He says … in His time.
It was David who wrote in Psalm 130:5, “I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.” David was a king who had to rule his people and make huge decisions every day and yet, he realized that even he had to wait on the Lord.
We often ask the question why we must wait and the answer is found in Isaiah 40:31 which says, “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” It was Solomon who wrote in Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” It was also David who wrote in Psalm 33:20-22, “Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.” I would like to ask one thing from all those reading this … I would like for you to pray that you will be patient and read the word of God daily. I know it’s difficult to do, but that is what he asks of us … to lean on Him and trust Him completely. Give God your struggles and problems and He will help you through it. It was Christ who said in Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all of these things shall be added unto you.”
If you want the comfort of God and His help, you have to obey Him and follow His commandments. Let’s encourage one another to do just that and let’s all get to Heaven where there will be no more worry or strife.
Joseph Lachausse
