Wait on the Lord . . .
wait, I say, on the Lord.
Psalm 27:14
There is a concept in the Scriptures that's called the "fullness of time." According to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, God has a time for every period in our lives...
wait, I say, on the Lord.
Psalm 27:14
There is a concept in the Scriptures that's called the "fullness of time." According to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, God has a time for every period in our lives...
These periods and seasons span from birth to death. "There is a time to be born, and a time to die (Ecclesiastes 3:2)."
In my life, therefore, come these seasons. And they consist of seasons for making preparations, for waiting, for moving forward and, finally, for entering into all that I have been waiting and preparing for. But the keys to all this are trust and patience.
The Lord, I believe, is never in a hurry. God is never late nor early; He's always on time. Yet my problem is with waiting. When the Lord seems to be taking too long to do something, I tend to become impatient. I then end up moving ahead and I get out of God's will. Ultimately this results in my making wrong decisions that eventually cause me grief.
Even after all these years of being a Christian, I still have to learn to wait upon the Lord. Recently, for instance, I made a serious mistake. I am not going to say what it was, but I am troubled by what I did. I allowed a well-meaning friend to talk me into something that I now regret. It's not a matter that's going to cause me tremendous harm, but I did need to seek more godly counsel, and I neglected to do this.
I realize that I need to be more discerning and sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I need the patience to wait.
Frankly I believe that I have a long way to go before I am the mature Christian God wants me to be. And while I may be excelling in some areas in my spiritual life, in other areas I could be doing much better. But God is a patient teacher.
D.B.
In my life, therefore, come these seasons. And they consist of seasons for making preparations, for waiting, for moving forward and, finally, for entering into all that I have been waiting and preparing for. But the keys to all this are trust and patience.
The Lord, I believe, is never in a hurry. God is never late nor early; He's always on time. Yet my problem is with waiting. When the Lord seems to be taking too long to do something, I tend to become impatient. I then end up moving ahead and I get out of God's will. Ultimately this results in my making wrong decisions that eventually cause me grief.
Even after all these years of being a Christian, I still have to learn to wait upon the Lord. Recently, for instance, I made a serious mistake. I am not going to say what it was, but I am troubled by what I did. I allowed a well-meaning friend to talk me into something that I now regret. It's not a matter that's going to cause me tremendous harm, but I did need to seek more godly counsel, and I neglected to do this.
I realize that I need to be more discerning and sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I need the patience to wait.
Frankly I believe that I have a long way to go before I am the mature Christian God wants me to be. And while I may be excelling in some areas in my spiritual life, in other areas I could be doing much better. But God is a patient teacher.
D.B.
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