Wait on the Lord

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Lamentations 3:25-26
25The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

Jeremiah is a prophet weeping over the prophesy that God had given him concerning the fate of Jerusalem. The people have made it a habit to turn to other idols and gods in order to satisfy their impatient flesh. But Jeremiah, in the midst of his weeping and bitter cries, remembers God’s true character. He remembers that God is good to those who wait for Him and seek Him. Jeremiah realizes that God is just and that He would never allow all this wrath and punishment to fall upon the righteous. He tells himself that it is good for one to wait quietly for God’s salvation

Hanzo and I are definitely in a season of waiting quietly for God’s salvation. It feels like years but really, it’s only been a few weeks. Waiting on the Lord is such a simple thing to do, yet it is soooo hard. Our fallen nature is to rush into things and to take matters into our own hands. Isn’t this exactly what happened in the Garden of Eden? Day after day, I hear God telling me, “Laine, just wait for me to move. When it is in my timing, I will not delay.” Just as I can’t make my baby kick when I want it to kick in my womb, I have no say over when God should take action. For me to jump ahead of God and say, “I want things to happen this way now, is such a selfish and unloving thing to do.” He is my God. He wants to take care of me and my family, and He will. I just need to wait; patiently, quietly.

Heavenly Father, I love You and I don’t want to move unless You tell me to. Help me to wait patiently. Keep me from sinning and forgive me for the times that I got impatient. Scrub my heart clean. I trust in You, Lord. Give me peace in my spirit, just as You gave to Jeremiah when he paused in his lamentation to recognize Your sovereignty. I give this season of waiting to You, Lord. In Jesus’ name I pray and wait…Amen.