"Wait"
Desperately, helplessly, longingly I cried
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, He replied
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate
The Master said gently, "Child, you must wait."
"WAIT!", you say, "Wait", my indignant reply
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened, or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked and I'm claiming your word!
My future and all to which I relate
Hangs in the balance and you tell me, "Wait"?
I am needing a 'Yes" or a "Go ahead" sign
Or even a "No" to which I could resign.
And Lord, you have promised that if we believe
We need but to ask and we shall receive.
And Lord, I've been asking, and this is my cry,
I am weary of asking, I need a reply!"
And quietly, softly, I learned of my fate
As my Master replied once again, "You must wait."
He seemed then to kneel and His eyes met with mine
And He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign . . .
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun,
I could raise the dead and cause the mountains to run,
All you seek I could give and pleased you would be
You would have what you want . . .
But you wouldn't know me.
You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint
You'd not know the power I give to the faint
You'd not learn to see through the clouds of despair
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there
You'd not know the joy of just resting in Me
When darkness and silence are all you can see
You'd never experience that fullness of love
As the peace of my spirit descends like a dove.
You'd know that I give and I save for a start
But you'd not know the depth and beat of my heart
The glow of my comfort late in the night
The faith that I give when you walk without sight
The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask
An infinite God who makes what you have last.
And you never would know
Should your pain quickly flee
What it means that my grace is sufficient for thee!
Yes, your dreams for that loved one
Over night would come true
But the loss, if you lost what I'm doing in you.
So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to get to know Me.
And how often may my answers seem terribly late
My most precious answer of all is still, 'Wait!"

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Have you ever prayed repeatedly, relentlessly for something or somebody, only to receive the same answer over and over
from the Holy Spirit?

"Wait upon the Lord."

I believe those 4 words are repeated more than any others in the Bible!!!

I have learned a lot about all this waiting
since my life seems to be lived
on the edge of a precipice.
Panicky and sure that I will perish
if God doesn't answer NOW,
I hear His soft voice say,

"I'm right there with you,
sit down on the ledge,
enjoy the view from the edge
. . . you can trust me --- wait."
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Be of good courage and
He will strengthen your heart!

Read Psalm 27

God Himself waits on us!!!
In most cases He waits 20, 30, 40, 50 or more years
for us to turn our hearts and lives over to Him!!!
"And, therefore, will the Lord wait,
that He may be gracious unto you,
and therefore will He be exalted,
that He may have mercy upon you;
For the Lord is a God of judgement.
'blessed are all they that wait for Him'."
Isaiah 30:18
How beautiful that He waits on us so that He can give us His mercy instead of His judgment.
Taken from that perspective, we are blessed that He has made waiting on Him an option;
it should be our delight and not our lament.
I speak from experience!!!
Over 3 years ago He promised me that someday
I would hear Him say to me:
"Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying
This is the way, walk in it,
when you turn to the right hand,
and when you turn to the left."
I have not heard Him say those words yet, but I have experienced
His wondrous leading each and every day while I am waiting.
In the meantime, He is preparing and perfecting my heart and my life to do His work.
Initially, I did not know that He was quoting His own powerful word, but He was,
and He has led me to that verse repeatedly since:  Isaiah 30:21
I am still waiting  . . .

Last updated on: 8/26/05