Waiting Well

Waiting – who of us likes to do that?  Not many of us I suspect.  Once in a while I enjoy people watching while I wait but for the most part, I’d like things to get going now.

Today we want to learn from God how to wait well. 

I waited and waited and waited some more, patiently, knowing God would come through for me. Then, at last, he bent down and listened to my cry. He stooped down to lift me out of danger from the desolate pit I was in, out of the muddy mess I had fallen into. Now he’s lifted me up into a firm, secure place and steadied me while I walk along his ascending path. 

Psalm 40:1-2

Along with the writer of this Psalm, Lord, we feel like we’ve waited and waited and waited some more, though perhaps not always patiently.  In faith we trust that You will bend down and listen to our cry, and scoop us out of danger from whatever muddy desolate pit we find ourselves in today.  Set us in a firm and secure place and steady us while we walk.

A new song for a new day rises up in me every time I think about how he breaks through for me! Ecstatic praise pours out of my mouth until everyone hears how God has set me free. Many will see his miracles; they’ll stand in awe of God and fall in love with him! 

Psalm 40:3

We have such a long history of how You’ve been there for us and brought us through all sorts of difficulties.  Help us again today to pause and reflect on Your goodness through the years and let that strengthen and encourage our hearts, and even put a song of in our mouths for Your generous goodness.

Blessing after blessing comes to those who love and trust the Lord. They will not fall away, for they refuse to listen to the lies of the proud.  O Lord, our God, no one can compare with you. Such wonderful works and miracles are all found with you! And you think of us all the time with your countless expressions of love—far exceeding our expectations! 

Psalm 40:4-5

We get distracted by today’s difficulties and by the few situations that didn’t go as we wanted them to go.  Forgive us for missing and forgetting about the blessing after blessing that has come to us on the greatest majority of days.  No one can compare with You, our blessing God.  No one has done more for us than You have.  Here we are, in this day, with countless expressions of Your love – far exceeding our expectations. 

And so today we come, not with a bunch of empty promises of what we’ll do for you but with a heart open to Your voice.  Speak deeply to our souls today.  Capture us with Your love so we only want to be with You and wait well with You today. Amen