Devotion Corner

Psalm 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do isn’t taking a bold step, it is to wait on the Lord. Sarah and Abraham grew restless in their waiting on the promise of the Lord of a son, and so they took matters into their own hands. This proved to cause nothing but sadness and strife, not just for their immediate family, but for generations to come. If they had only waited on the goodness of God, the history of the world would have been very different. It is an error so many of us make, when we submit to fear and look to rush the hand of God.

To wait on God is not laziness, indifference or even cowardice, it is the summit of the mountain of faith. For to wait on His moving, is to accept that He truly is God, the great I AM; He that needs no help from any created being. We are to be humble and see that we cannot assist such a supreme and Almighty God. In this spirit of humility, we are to act with a stillness of heart, and willingness of spirit to wait on the perfect timing of God’s will.

When we live in such patience and humility before God, we have a God that is able to soothe us in our hours of testing, hardship and trial. We can rest knowing that He is the giver of good gifts and withholds nothing good from we, His adopted children. Such knowledge, confirmed by His eternal Word, gives us the immensity of strength to endure the often-heavy trials of life. We are enabled to endure them not with a bitter, frustrated or angry heart; but with one that is joyful, filled with thanksgiving, all in the knowledge that He will do what is right (Genesis 18:25).