WAIT FOR THE LORD

"I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope" (Psalms 130:5)
In the mad rush that is fast becoming the norm for work and life in today's world, the idea of “waiting” for anything is gradually attaining the status of “the unacceptable”. This presents believers with a new sort of temptation – the temptation to “leave God behind”.  But to do that will amount to a failure to understand the nature our relationship with the Most High.
In our relationship with God, He leads and we are called to follow. It is with this in mind that the psalmist declares: “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope”!
Though the world increasingly extols impatience as a virtue, yet God insists we have need of patience to wait for what we hope for. Impatience is contrary to the fruit of the Spirit that should be manifest in the believer's life (Gal 5:22). In seeking spiritual outcomes, that is, the kind of result that comes from God, we must learn how to wait for God. He will do what He promises!
“Wait for the Lord” not because He is slack; but wait in recognition of His sovereignty! Romans 8:25 teaches that, if we hope for what we do not see, we must wait for it with patience.
Do you have the patience to wait? Of course you do! God has given you the spirit of patience. Stir it up! Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed…As you walk with God today, let your hope be in the promise of His word and wait patiently for Him (Rom 5:5).
What's the rush? Live at the right speed – wait in hope for the Lord!

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