Wait
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Psa 25:5, 21
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me, for thou art the God of my salvation; for thee I wait all the day long. May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee.
Psa 27:14
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the Lord!
Psa 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
I’m at a point where I’m looking around and wondering, “Now what do I do?” It’s an odd place to be. My son just graduated from high school. I’m officially the mother of “adult children.” Graduation and family coming in and multiple family activities precluded my posting devotions last week. This weekend we worked to get things back on track. I inherited the “family computer” and put up border paper and generally began to get my study in order to actually be a study again! Over the winter this space had become the “holding area” as we decorated, painted and (sort of) organized the house.
About a year ago I had indicated to folks that I would re-evaluate my life after the graduation. Now it’s here. And I haven’t finished evaluating! Of course, there is no set timetable for this process. It’s an on-going one and I don’t want to rush into anything. That in and of itself is a change for me! In this last year I have spent a great deal of time waiting. I don’t like to wait. I don’t like to have unknowns in my life. I want a plan, and then I want to work the plan. The only problem with that is that sometimes my plans and God’s plans don’t match.
If I’m not open and still and patient, I might miss what God intends for me at any given time. I may grow weary of waiting and charge ahead with man’s plans. I may jump into an activity because I’ve been waiting to have time. I may sign up for something I’ve been waiting to do. If I do that I may miss out on the chance to do something God has in mind for me! That’s where I am finding I need to be strong. Wait for the Lord. Oh . . . I don’t like waiting. A couple of years ago a dear friend shared with me that Psalm 31:24 was a verse that she felt very strongly applied to me and that I might want to pray about it and recite it often.
Since that time I have needed to be courageous in a several situations. And I felt so blessed to have had this verse precede those situations! Lately, I’ve focused on the waiting. God had turned those situations into a source of strength and knowledge and understanding. Though I was impatient, He kept true to His own timetable, weaving lessons into my petulance and unease. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. God is in the waiting. Now my challenge is to wait, pray and wait some more as He unfolds before me His plan for the next chapters of my life.
My prayer today is that you slow down, take a breath and wait for the Lord. And that your heart takes courage as you wait for His direction.
Mary
