Lord, I am tired of waiting on the leaders to do what is right. The government for the people by the people has been and always will be in this country, the government for the rich and famous.
By Lauren Gaskill and Kat J. Crowell.
“Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a ROCK where no enemy can reach me. Oh Kathryn, trust in him at all times. I will pour out my heart to Him, for God is our refuge.” – Psalm 62:5-8
Waiting is hard for me. I see things as black and white, right or wrong. When it comes to telling the truth, I do not believe there should be a compromise on the universal truths that govern our society. Sadly, our country politicians have become experts in manipulating truth to suit their fancy. I wait for the day when the lies have made their circles around the nation, that the unedited truth will be revealed ;—- waiting is never fun.
I just have to have unwavering faith that “God-Is-Working” He is working while I wait. (Gaskill, Crowell.
As Gaskill writes, “Seriously, who likes to wait?” Who wakes up and says, “I hope I have to wait for something today?
All joking aside, if the majority of the world could choose between waiting and not waiting, I think we’d choose the latter. Because chances are if we’re waiting for something, that means we want it pretty bad, but we don’t have it yet.”
Dear brothers and sisters she writes, ” I don’t know what you’re waiting on right now, but I want to invite you to draw strength not only from those who have waited before us, but from God himself, Gaskill, Crowell
Further, she writes and I agree that (I) “Draw strength from the promises of God and look forward to the fulfillment of those promises. For…God is not a God of false or empty promises, but of beautiful, certain promises, Gaskill, Crowell
It is difficult to grasp that I am not waiting alone that the Spirit of the Lord Jesus, the Christ, living inside is with me as I wait. I wait for Him as many others gone before me do. I understand that I can talk to him about my concerns. I can tell him the secrets of my heart and find refuge in His mercy.
I am learning to stop beating myself up because of my shortcomings. He knows all of my thoughts and secrets, yet He loves me enough to wait for me to acknowledge my thoughts and failures to Him. He lives inside of us, yet He does not invade us without our permission. He gives us a choice to wait or move without His guidance. Even when we mess up, He is not like man. He does not remind us that we made a mistake, He instead welcome us with open arms.
We as humans, must come to grips with the idea that as saved individuals, “We are not alone when we wait. God is with us and He wants us to pour our hearts out to Him. He wants us to trust and find refuge in Him, Gaskill.
The government, election system, the state of this nation and all these worldly cares will cause you to become impatient, have anxiety and discuss for the Christian and a regular human being, I hope this commentary, will be important in your desire to wait in the Lord for change to happen, no matter what you are waiting for learn to wait with patience on God to direct you.
Lord, I pray today that as I wait, I will cling to this Psalm of David, where He tells us, to “Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and allow Him to guide my pathway, keeping me safe from hurt, harm or danger, when I fall short, I will stand still and behold the Salvation of my Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ. I will relinquish my will to His WILL fir my life.
Lord teach me to wait on you as you did Job. Whatever Jesus has for me, it is better than what I want for myself.
Lord, Jesus, help me to trust your timing. If my life is called into judgment Lord God, I have the faith that you will deliver your promise to my descendants.
I declare to you this day, that I am learning to wait, I am learning to trust your timing.
Forgive me when I fall short and…become discouraged, depressed in my wait. I invite you to have and open invitation to restore the joy it is to praise you as I manifest my belief in your sovereignty. Lord let me lean and depend on your Son Jesus, to fix what is broken in me, increase what is good in me.
As I travel through my season of waiting, depressed in this season of waiting, but…help me to spend time meditating on Jesus’ promise to never leave me, nor forsake me. Thank You for the assurance that Jesus will come and receive me back to Him if I “Wait on Him! I ask this and all things in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Editor’s Note: This adapted prayer and commentary devotional was excerpted from An Advent Prayer by Lauren Gaskill, titled, “When You’re Tired Of Waiting.”