Wait ~ UNTIL

*The waiting... O the waiting for answered prayers. Sitting and waiting can be so frustrating. Why the wait? What's the point? I have to admit Your wisdom in this. If You would give to me right when I want, I would never know You. You seem to be more interested in our conversations. The sitting, the asking, the waiting... the one thing needed (Luke 10:42). I must admit You are Wise.


O the Beauty of this Man! If we could only see His beauty and wisdom in it all. If we would only sit, wait, and ask ~ UNTIL. If we could only see the wisdom and the goodness in the waiting and in the silence ( Lam 3:26). The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him (Lam 3:25). O to be the very friend of God through it all. To bear His burden, His yoke and delight in it. What challenge to remain steadfast in it daily. This is why it is so important to set our gaze on Him, and behold His beauty; to wait on the Lord. We remember daily about His mercies, His steadfast love, and His great faithfulness in this waiting and gazing. Then like Jeremiah, our soul can say," The Lord is my portion, therefore I will hope in Him."


Steadying your witness of who He is, is only done by this waiting and watching in the delay of answer. We get to understand the way His heart moves. We get to (begin) to understand His ways. We really get to know Him! And when He comes, even if it's only with one word to sustain you UNTIL, your heart rejoices because it knows He is with you ALWAYS! He is always NEAR! Their really is nothing to fear because no matter the outcome or the length of season, HE REMAINS. You feel His mercies and they are new every morning(Lam 3)! 


Great is Your faithfulness O God! I love being Your friend. Take me deeper. I will watch daily at your gates and wait by Your doorpost (Prov 8:34). Fill me with Your ways. Give me understanding. Make me a watcher, a waiter, a worshipper, and a steadfast warrior. My human heart wants to know Yours. UNTIL my heart burns like Yours, I will sit in silence, not complain but lift my heart and hands to You forever (Lam 3)! Come quickly ~ But I will wait UNTIL! You are good!


(*Misty Edwards IHOP Prayer Room)