Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV) 31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Sometimes we need to just pull back, sit tight and do nothing. I know this sounds easy, right? But waiting is not easy. We are still doing something.
Sometimes it is the hardest “nothing” to do, especially if we have determination to want to fix things. Waiting can drive us crazy.
But it takes discipline and obedience to wait.
There will be times that God will say “WAIT! I’ve got it and I want to do it for you”.
One day I sat in my garage. I was having a hot flash, and was trying to cool off. We were getting ready to sell our home and move. It wasn’t what we wanted to do, but we thought it was the logical thing to do.
We were willing and ready. We had sold most all of our furniture. Everything had been set in motion. We prayed, we cried, we talked about this very thing several times to make sure it was what we needed to do. The steps were taken and the decision had been made.
As I sat there cooling off, I heard God’s voice out of nowhere. I wasn’t thinking about much at this time. I heard these words, “Won’t you let me help you? I want to do this for you”.
My response to this was, “but we’ve already made arrangements. The house is on the market and we are locked into an agreement. The place where we will be moving to soon, we’ve also signed an agreement with those people.” All He said was, “they will understand. Talk to them.”
I went back into the house, knowing I had to talk to my husband about what I had just heard. I thought “he is going to think I’m nuts”. We had been over and over this. I mean, selling the house and moving was the logical thing to do.
So I quietly shared my conversation that I had out in the garage, telling him all about it. He calmly said to me, “OK, let’s call the realtors first thing tomorrow”.
Years later, we are still here. All we can say is, it was God!
For us it was our home, but for you it may be something else. God wants to help us all. There will be times when we need to take action and do the logical thing. But then there will be times where we just need to wait and trust Him.
Will we wait on Him?
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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