‘Lord, today You know what I need to do,
But You can do more in my waiting than in my doing I could do. So I won't run anymore.
I'm waiting on You.’ - Bethany Barnard [To Those Who Wait]
Our time has been filled with waiting... waiting for normal, for a diagnosis or a return to health, for work, for help, for the opportunity to gather once again. This waiting feels heavy and toilsome.
‘...but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength...’ Isaiah 40:31
In the midst of your waiting, you are invited to wait on the Lord. This word wait literally means to hope, to look eagerly for, to bind together, to linger. Let’s turn our waiting into lingering - into expectant hope that we are being drawn more deeply into the heart of a loving Father. The One who knows our need before we ask (Matt 6:8), who delights in us and over us (Zeph 3:17), hears our prayers (1 Jn 5:15), withholds no good thing (Ps 84:11), catches our tears (Ps 56:8), gives generously of wisdom (Jm 1:5), grace (Jm 4:6), and Himself (Titus 2:14), keeps steadfast love and faithfulness (Deut 7:9).
Linger in the reality that He can do more in your waiting, than in your doing you can do.
‘Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!’ - Psalm 27:14
Lord, when our waiting feels like striving, will you help us linger? In our lingering will you rearrange our hearts to be strong, take courage, and be bound to You? In Christ’s name, amen.
Linger > waiting,
AB