Have you had your JOY JUICE today? Don’t wait…go ahead and drink in as much as
you can hold!
One of the
hardest instructions for most of us is the simple one word command,
“WAIT”! We don’t like to wait! Most of us get agitated when we have wait in
a long line or get caught in traffic; we don’t like to place an order online
and find out it’s out of stock and we will have to wait a few weeks for our
order to be shipped. Waiting to be
served a meal when we are hungry often makes us grumpy! And if we happen to be waiting on test results
from our doctor, we can truly become anxious and impatient!
But one of
the hardest things that I’ve found is when I’ve prayed and prayed for something
for a long time and God still has not (seemingly) answered my prayer. I KNOW in my heart
that He loves me and I KNOW that His timing is perfect. But I still get impatient!
God’s word tells us in Psalm 27:14 to “ Wait for the Lord; be
strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Did you see the word "WAIT" twice in the very same verse? How often do we get tired of waiting for God
to answer our prayers and find ourselves manipulating the situation? And usually making a mess of things!
How do we “wait
for the Lord”? The only way we can do
this is to pray for His strength, His wisdom and His timing. Trust in Him….even when we don’t understand
WHY He is not answering our prayers. No, that’s not always easy; but it is the
way to finding joy and contentment.
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