The Long Wait

Monday December 27, 2021

Recovery

How long would we be willing to wait for God to complete and show us the fulfillment of His plans?

God made a promise that He would send someone to bring salvation to Anna and her people. For more than 60 years Anna waited for the fulfillment of the promise. While she waited, she trusted God and served Him. She didn’t get angry and complain and give up on God in frustration. She just did the simple things she knew to do, one day at a time and waited.

Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem. (Luke 2:36-38 NLT)

We don’t know how long we need to wait for the fulfillment of events God has planned for our lives. It likely won’t be sixty years. What we need to understand today is that God's plans are perfect, and God's timing is right. God wants us to walk with Him and do the ordinary things He has instructed us to do, even in the middle of difficult circumstances. As we do that, we will experience the best life possible each day, and make ourselves available for all that God has planned for our future.

The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. (Lamentations 3:25-26 NLT)

As this year comes to an end and we move into the next let’s focus on today, and trust God’s plan and God’s timing for our future.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I find it hard to wait. Help me to trust Your promises for my future and, as I wait for fulfillment, be willing to do the next right thing. Amen

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