How well do you handle “waiting on the Lord”? Do you have an “I’m waiting … I’m waiting …” while you drum your fingers on the table attitude? Or do you ever find yourself thinking, “I’ve prayed, but nothing seems to be happening!”
Why does God allow us to wait, anyway? Can “waiting on the Lord” be a good thing? Can we learn to trust Him … really trust Him as a result? And if so, how? See today’s reading from Psalm 27.
Also, read about God’s leadership qualifications (*hint: we’re all leaders, even as moms and dads), why we can’t approach God based on our own good works, and why knowing God’s attributes or character qualities is so important to our walks of faith.
Is there something you’ve been asking God to change for a long time?
A relationship that still hurts.
A prayer that still seems unanswered.
A loss you never wanted.
A diagnosis you wish had been different.
Or perhaps someone sinned against you, and while you’re still dealing with the consequences, that person seems to be going happily on with life.
You know God is sovereign.
You know Romans 8.28.
You know you’re supposed to trust Him.
But sometimes knowing those truths and resting in them are two very different things.
Daniel found himself in circumstances he never chose and could not control. He was taken from his homeland, carried into a pagan culture, pressured to compromise, and eventually threatened with death.
Yet God was doing far more through those circumstances than Daniel could have seen at the beginning.
Could the same be true of the situation you’re struggling with today?
And what if the good God is accomplishing isn’t limited to changing your circumstances?
