July 2011
7 posts
Patiently Waiting...
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land [1 Kings 17:7]
Week after week, with an unwavering and steadfast spirit, Elijah watched the brook dwindle and finally dry up. Often tempted to stumble in unbelief, he nevertheless refused to allow his circumstances to come between himself and God. Unbelief looks at God through the circumstances, just as we often see...
Be still, sad soul! lift up no passionate cry, but spread the desert of your being bare to the full searching of the All-seeing eye; Wait! and through dark misgiving, deep despair, God will come down in pity and fill the dry dead place with light, life, and springlike air.”
[John Campbell Shairp]
Oh how could I dream of such a selfless and true...
“God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God.” [Lamentations 3:25-26]
I love one of the ways that the word “waiting” is defined in the dictionary. The verb waiting can be defined as “in attendance, as upon a royal personage”
This...
“You get glory in the midst of this, and You’re walking with me. And you say I am blessed because of this, so I choose to believe: As I carry this cross, You’ll carry me…
…and I know your promises are faithful. And God, I’ve seen your goodness in my life. And oh I’ve found your mercy is a river, your love is an ocean wide.
Audrey Assad [Carry Me]
Living a life of faith often requires us to leave things alone.
If we have completely entrusted something to God, we must keep our hands off it. He can guard it better than we can, and He does not need our help.
Things in our lives may seem to be going all wrong, but God knows our circumstances better than we do. And He will work at the perfect moment, if we will completely trust Him to...
