Wait a little longer.
Now wait some more.
Do you ever feel like all you do is wait? We wait in line, wait at the doctor's office, wait on our children or spouses, wait for whatever it is that we want to happen next. It's probably no big surprise to anyone that I'm not a good wait-er...most of us Type-A's aren't. It's not that I think I'm too important to wait or that I think everything should be done just to accommodate me. Rather, it's that I have a hard time with time that doesn't seem to have a purpose. And wait time feels that way to me - there's no purpose in it.
In our last Summer Siesta Bible Study this past week, we talked about waiting. We studied Ruth this summer and learned about how God worked in her life, even as she appeared to just be waiting. And then I opened my Bible to read my assigned Psalm today so I could write this blog post, and what do I find? Another admonition to wait. The writer of the study notes in my Bible says that this Psalm is about "placing all hope in God" and reminds us that "knowing that God is in control allows us to wait patiently for him to rescue us."
Do you suppose God is trying to tell me something?
David reminds us that while we wait, we may face people and things that are a trial to us. We may feel forgotten or beaten up. The key to handling all of that is to rest in God alone (verse 5), to trust him at all times and pour out our hearts to him (verse 8). When we are willing to do that, we will receive the rewards he has planned for us (verse 12).
David also often refers to God as his rock and his fortress and he does so in this Psalm as well. There is something comforting in the visual image of God as a rock - a strong tower - a fortress - as big and strong or really, bigger and stronger, than the above picture I took at Red Rocks Amphitheater in CO.
So I guess I'll just wait...remembering that God is my rock...relying on the promise that he is working in my waiting...trusting in the strength of my Father to take care of whatever is on my heart and mind...believing in his love and goodness...knowing that each passing day brings me one step closer to that which I am waiting for...
You might remind me of that if you ever find me impatiently tapping my foot while waiting!
- submitted by Holly Barrett
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