Isaiah 30:18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore, he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
We are all very familiar with the times of waiting in our lives. For most of us, it would be preferable if there were no waiting for all the grand and glorious blessings we have coming from our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus. Minimizing our wait times is as natural as breathing. How many of us go to the grocery store to find the checkout lines with the most people in line. I think we all search for the shortest line. I was at the grocery yesterday and found myself counting the items in my basket to see if I might qualify for the express lane. However, there are advantages for long lines and short lines. The short lines get us back home in a shorter period, but the long lines afford us the extra time to speak to someone about Jesus and all the beautiful blessings from a personal relationship with Him. This concept does not advocate always looking for the long lines but if you find yourself with some extended waiting time, use it for the glory and honor of God. Some rooms are designed explicitly for waiting. The waiting room at the doctor’s office is a land where time seems to standstill. You have sat there for what appears to be an hour or so, then look at your watch and realize it has only been fifteen or twenty minutes.
The message from Isaiah 30:18, along with thousands of other verses in the Old and New Testament, is plainly and unmistakably pointing to our daily walk with God. This verse of scripture points to our need to wait on God through the pressures we will encounter in life. In Psalm 130:5-6, the psalmist states that he waits for the Lord more than the “watchmen wait for the morning.” These people assigned the task of guarding the city wall while all others were sound asleep anticipated the morning light to be relieved of their duty and get some needed rest. The rising of the sun was imminent but not without the passage of time.
We live in an “I want it now” civilization, but as children of God, we must realize that waiting on the Lord always involves a passage of time. However, waiting on God means much more than just enduring the slow drop of the sand in an hourglass. Waiting is bound with hope as the strands of a rope are bound together. Waiting on God to bring the blessings He has in store for us is somewhat compared to the “watchmen” waiting on the first morning light. The city wall guards knew that even though the wait was inevitable, the rising of the sun was also inevitable.
Our ability to wait on God is inextricably linked to the hope we have in our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. It is the confidence that what God has promised us He will provide. It is an assurance that God’s love, grace, and mercy will be with us as surely as the sun will rise every morning. Therefore, the answer to how I can grow and spiritually mature during these times of waiting on God is simple contentment that God will provide (Philippians 4:11).
To see our times of waiting become spiritually profitable, we must pray to God to help us be more patient and content with the blessings He has already bestowed upon us. When we reach that plateau in our walk with Christ Jesus, we will be able to say with the psalmist: I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him (Psalm 40:1-3).
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