My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 69 verse 3
Sometimes the problem is so big I can not see beyond it, so focused am I on the situation I fail to remember His promises.
There is nothing too big or too small to waken the ear of my God.
The answer may not come when I am looking for it or even where I anticipate it’s coming, but rest assured it will come on time.
He will not tarry in his deliverance because he will not make those who wait on him be ashamed.
This is his promise to me.
Yet To Be # 272
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. Proverbs 3 verse 24
I grow weary.
Fatigue seeps deep into my bones while my eyes threaten to close.
The day is long and the night is longer still yet I hold my breath and wait for sleep to shroud me into quiet oblivion.
I am safe cocooned in the confidence of God’s promise to stay with me.
Don’t be afraid when things get overwhelming.
Don’t be afraid when things get overwhelming.
God is not a halfway God; what He promises, He will fulfill.
There is no adding to it or taking away from it.
His ways are mysterious and sure.
When we fall on our knees to pray for help and strength,
God immediately goes to work.
We have only to stop, believe and see the power of His loving kindness.
But let patience have her perfect work…
In a world burning with triviality and desires for instant gratification, cultivating patience is an impossible feat.
This virtue requires discipline, self-restraint, and grace which comes from God.
Some may advise praying for patience. If there is weakness, impressionability, floundering in the wake of tribulation or anxiety within the mind, asking for patience adds frustration and compounds the feelings of impatience.
However, asking for strength to endure the waiting gives us strength. Strength, when there is no accommodation, stripped of every goal, weary of treading multiple avenues without accomplishment, leads to a dependence on Him which is priceless.
He is the only one who can dispense strength freely. He is our strength and with him comes the great escape.
Best to ask for strength to endure.
Understanding to see what he has for each of us.
Hearing to listen to his voice as he gives instructions.
He speaks today loud and clear just like in times of old. He isn’t a joker doling riddles that need to be solved before a prize can be won. There isn’t a code to be broken, no game to complete.
The Lord has already paid the price for everything. And everything he has is ours to enjoy abundantly. (The cattle on a thousand hills are his. Psalm 50:10)
Things work out differently than expected, nevertheless, with the Lord on our side things work out beyond what we think or imagine, and we can be satisfied.
His strength helps the waiting period fly by.
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1: 3 and 4
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Romans 12:12
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Proverbs 7:8
But will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.
Bring your requests to the throne of grace leave it at his feet.
Prayer is our strength.
We fight on our knees for others, and for self.
Time passes and yet there is nothing to be heard, nothing to see.
The prayer goes silent.
The light of hope fades into a flicker.
Wait. Wait. And wait some more.
If we wait our strength will be renewed.
Night will turn into day.
The sun will break the darkness.
Because the answer is on the way.
Let none that wait on thee be ashamed. Psalm25:3
Thou shalt know that I am the Lord for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Isaiah 49:23
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Isaiah 40:31
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