| Our verse to DATE the Word on March 26 (3/26) is Lamentations 3:26 |
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| Lamentations 3:26 says, “It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the LORD.” |
| WAIT!!! DO what is GOOD for you! As I read Lamentation 3:26 I think about times I was told to do what was good for me. I was told that eating green beans, carrots, spinach, and beets was good for me. YEAH??? I struggled with eating what was good for me!! What about you? What were some things you were told to do as it would be good for you yet like me you really did not like what was good for you? I am going to be very transparent and say that Lamentations 3:26 is a challenging verse to me, and probably to you as well because it tells us that there is something that is good for us yet doing what is good for us is so very hard to do. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to wait. WAIT is a four-letter word to me! And this verse does not just say WAIT – it says to WAIT QUIETLY. So here is the truth from Scripture that we need to KNOW: Waiting quietly is good for us. If you are not struggling with the truth of waiting quietly is good for you then I say good for you. However, I hope you will be okay with WHEN you are to wait quietly. The WHEN of WAITING QUIETLY is when we are in some type of trouble, and we need deliverance. It is when we are facing some danger and we need help. At a moment when there is something FEARFUL, we are called to hope and wait QUIETLY for the LORD to work. Challenging? It is for me. When I need an answer, I need an answer. When I need a solution, I need a solution. When I need help, I need help. I do not want to be in the WAITING ROOM LONG! How about you? As impatience in the waiting room grows there comes the whisper of Scripture, remember Lamentations 3:26. It says, “It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.” Okay, let’s look a little deeper about waiting, waiting quietly. I have some questions and maybe you do as well. WHY SHOULD I WAIT? WHAT DOES WAITING LOOK LIKE and WHAT WILL BE THE RESULTS? This idea of waiting is not just found here. You have probably been challenged by Psalm 37:7 “Rest in the LORD, and WAIT patiently for Him;” The Hebrew for rest is to sit silently still. No pacing the floor! No screaming. No tossing in the bed. No telling God to hurry up. With the waiting is the RESTING. RESTING ON GOD! HOPING IN GOD! It is placing the “whatever is troubling you” in the hands of God and then being PATIENCE for Him to PERFORM! You have probably read another verse on waiting. Isaiah 40:31 tells us the WORK that God does as we WAIT! It says, “But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” With Isaiah 40:31 I can now see how it is GOOD to WAIT, to WAIT QUIETLY! Are you growing in hoping and waiting quietly? Are you growing in resting – committing your life needs to the Lord and waiting for Him to work? Verse to DATE the Word on March 26 (3/26) is Lamentations 3:26. It says, “It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for deliverance from the LORD.” I have found God waits for me to wait. Continue Strong WAITING QUIETLY on the LORD And remember to DATE THE WORD |