THE WAITING GAME
Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles... – Isaiah 40:31
This
verse was my “battlecry” when I was single — because I would cry while I
battled with my emotions of impatience and despair. It had been 10 long
years of repeatedly giving up my boyfriend — and going back to him — in
my desire to follow the Lord. But here was the Lord telling me to wait
some more. I was no longer a spring chicken and yet the Lord made it
clear that this wasn’t the man for me. I was getting so impatient that I
was convincing God that this man would do.
I tried to change God’s mind by forcing my boyfriend to be active in
our prayer group. I even fasted for a week with the hope that God would
finally say he’s the one. But the song that kept playing in my car was,
“Wait, wait, wait on the Lord. You will understand in time why you must
wait.”
Oswald Chambers wrote, “When God gives you a vision and darkness
follows, wait. God will bring the vision He has given you to reality in
your life if you will wait on His timing. Never try to help God fulfill
His Word.”
In those 10 years, God broke my impatient streak and self-will, and
taught me how to wait on Him. He broke all my self-reliance and
dependence on others and taught me to rely on Him alone. And when God
saw I was ready, he brought my future husband into my life. Ronna Ledesma (ronna_ledesma@yahoo.com.ph)
Reflection: God is never early or late. He is always on time.
Father, thank You for rewarding with good things those who wait on You.
St. John Roberts, priest and martyr, pray for us.
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