Wait on the Lord – We Have To Want To

Patience is a virtue. Many say phooey. People say waiting is for the birds. What does God say? Yesterday I proved that patience, even in the ministers of God, would sometimes be hard to come by. Why is that? We’re human, and sure we can be optimistic, but we also have to be realistic.

Isaiah 40:31 KJV - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Five verses, yes I said five, tell us to wait on the Lord. There is one that say the Lord waits. Here is that one.

Isaiah 30:18 KJV - And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Why is it we can't be patient and manage the first but God can always manage the second? Yesterday I said I was cranky. Today I laid there in my bed in the darkest of darkness for an hour before my husband's alarm went off. I laid there, staring at the ceiling and wondering, LORD, what happened to the patience? Why can't I seem to hang on to that patience? The answer is right up there above and in the rest of the verses.

It takes five times as many reminders for us to wait on Him, than it takes to prove He does that already. Like is often said, in one ear and out the other, we might listen, but sometimes, in fact many times, we may not hear.

~Shalom~

Rev. Laura A. Neff ~The Rainbow Minister

Calvin Jennings ~ Elder

Covenant of Hope Ministries
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Our mission for Covenant of Hope Ministries and Poetic-Expressions is not to exploit fear, but to conquer it, and overcome all that is created through fear together as the rainbow in the darkness.