Thurs 2nd July - #75. Waiting
“_Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord_” (Psalm 27v14).
Waiting is hard; waiting is difficult; waiting is frustrating. At the beginning of lockdown our dishwasher broke down. Then a little later our oven broke down. Then our washing machine broke down…. All first world problems I know, but very annoying. And trying to get someone to come and repair all three, let alone one, during lockdown, was er… difficult. A lot of waiting was involved. Finally after 3 months the repair guy came round last Tuesday and repaired the washing machine, but had to order parts for the washer and cooker… and is coming back today… anytime between 0800hrs and 1800hrs… more waiting, and waiting has not been easy!!!! Nor is it today!!!! Diana Ross like “I’m still waiting ooh, ooh”!!!
Having run out of exclamation marks I am now going to use a question mark. How easy do you find waiting? And what about waiting on the LORD? But this is what we must do, this is what the Psalmist tells us to do. We have to wait God’s timing for many things in our personal life, family life, church life and national life. Our timetable is different, we have an amazon prime mindset of same day or next day delivery. But with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. He has his own timetable. Now of course, being good Christian people, we acknowledge this; but oh boy it is hard and difficult to wait on the Lord for what we would like to come to pass.
No wonder the Psalmist says “_be strong and take heart_”. We can easily lose heart and fail in strength. But let’s remind ourselves that:
God never is before his time
And never is behind.
Happy waiting!?!?!?!?!?
Love from Paul