Waiting. No one likes it. We don’t need to wait in a protracted line at Costco or look ahead to God to ship the partner we’re praying for. It’s exhausting to attend to listen to from the college we need to attend or the corporate we need to work for. It’s robust to attend for lab outcomes — and for labor pains to begin after a protracted thirty-eight weeks. We don’t like to attend: we wish what we wish, and we wish it proper now.
The reality is, both we’re unaware or we’re ignoring the truth that ready is God’s coaching floor for strengthening our religion. As we wait, we study to belief God extra. We could not perceive the circumstances of our life or why we have now to attend, however we are able to remind ourselves that God, our heavenly Father, is in management and that His plans for us are plans for good (Jeremiah 29:11).
Also, throughout a season of ready, we are able to follow listening for the Lord and resting in His presence. Precious blessings can come at the same time as we wait.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to point out His servants — issues which should shortly happen. And He despatched and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the phrase of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all issues that he noticed. Blessed is he who reads and those that hear the phrases of this prophecy, and hold these issues that are written in it; for the time is close to. — Revelation 1:1-3
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Praying Scripture
God speaks to us via the Bible. That’s why slowing down each to meditate on what we learn and to wish to God the phrases He Himself has given us will assist us know Him higher and extra simply acknowledge His voice.
Also, did you discover that David reminded God of His promised “goodness to Your servant”? David understood that by praying in response to God’s guarantees, he aligned himself with God’s will. We can do the identical right this moment:
We can pray God’s guarantees again to God.
Fervently and fruitfully, David additionally pursued the godly endeavor of meditating on God’s Word. He wrote lots of the psalms we cherish right this moment after quietly ready on the Lord and listening for His voice till he heard it.
In our overscheduled lives, we discover it troublesome to decelerate, learn a Bible passage, and pay attention for what God could also be saying to us. With so many obligations, commitments, and folks clamoring for consideration, who can find time for prayer and meditation? You and I can — and I hope we are going to.
The Lord is nice and enormously to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
For all of the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens. Honor and majesty are earlier than Him; Strength and magnificence are in His sanctuary. — Psalm 96:4-6
Excerpted with permission from God’s Blessings Just for You by Jack Countryman, copyright Jack Countryman.
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Your Turn
In your ready, God is in management. He is nice and He has good plans for you! In the meantime, let’s take heed to what He is saying, and study God’s Word and pray it again to Him. Come share your ideas with on within the feedback. We need to hear from you! ~ Devotionals Daily
