Wait for the Lord

Proverbs 3:6-7

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;


Have you ever made a plan? I mean a good plan, you put in the foresight, you do all the planning, then it comes time for the plan to take off, and nothing happens; at least not like you have planned. I know I have. This is when it becomes clear to me that I have to quit trying to be wise in my own eyes.

The Lord is at work in our lives daily. We have to trust in him, not in what we think we understand. The Lord will make the crooked paths straight for you, but you have to give him time to work. That is the key, as it says in Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. His time frame is not yours. There might be things that you are not aware of that need to happen before that plan can become a reality. You might have to wait, but it will be worth it. Nothing happens before the Lord is ready for it. No matter how much you might want it.

You never know, the great plan that you might be waiting for might actually be the path to your ruin, Christ will not forsake you, and he will not let that happen. Maybe you have to wait, and when it finally does happen things have moved in your favor, and now you will be even more sucsessful because of the wait. No one knows God’s plan, and sometimes we can get so focused on making something happen that we forget that we really are not the ones in control.

When we turn our attention from trying to force something to happen, to waiting in God’s rest to see how it will play out, we will always be rewarded. As I have said many times before, you have to focus on God, let him focus on the problem. It is like when you walk up to a store and you want to go in. You pull and pull on the door but it will not open. You look at the sign, and can see there are people in the store, you can see them shopping. You pull on that door some more! Why can’t you get in? If you will take just a moment to stop focusing on getting in to the store, you will see that you need to push the door not pull it!

This is what we do everyday with the Lord. We don’t want to wait; we want it now. We cannot see past right now, God can. He has always delivered his people in their time of need. We are where we are supposed to be right now. Quit trying to force it. Slow down, take a deep breath, look for the path that has been provided, not the one you want to go down! Let Christ work on your behalf. The Lord will show you the way, but you have to wait for the Lord. Stand strong in Faith and wait for the Lord.

Peace,
Rev. T