![]() ![]() ![]() These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Tagged: faith, faithfulness, journey, obedience, wait, waiting About Lauren Hunter.One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.” Psalm 27:4 Wait on the Lord be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart Wait, I say, on the Lord!” Psalm 27:14 I hope this poem speaks to you and is an encouragement. If you haven’t done this in your own life, you haven’t lived (or you’re lying). The bible is full of great examples of people acting before God’s timing is just right: Saul in the old testament, the Israelites and idol worship, and Abraham and Sarah’s handmaiden to name a few. Instead of leaning (and waiting) on God to provide the solution in His merciful timing, we take things into our own hands. It provided just the inspiration I needed to complete the poem. On the way out the door to leave for my son’s baseball game several weekends ago, with the whole family in tow and my husband at the wheel, the beginning two stanzas of this poem came to me and I scribbled them down as I asked everyone to remain quiet in the car then, at church a week later, the pastor preached exactly on this topic (Understandable Disobedience 4/10/16) – he talked about “jumping the gun” when God hasn’t provided clear direction yet (and the subsequent sin that often results). Yet, I’m always delightfully surprised when God answers prayers and provides timing–even in simple things. ![]() It’s no small task to wait faithfully (and patiently) for God’s timing in your life when to get married, when to start a new career, when to buy a house, when to move, when to give up, when to say ‘no,’ when to start over–the list is perpetually long, and most of us wrestle with our confidence in the Lord’s timing and our understand of it at one point or another. ![]()
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