Topic: WAITING IN GOD’S PRESENCE
Text: Micah 7:14-17
7:14 Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell [a]solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old.
7:15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show [b]them wonders.”
7:16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; They shall put their hand over their mouth; Their ears shall be deaf.
7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent;
They shall crawl from their holes like [c]snakes of the earth.
They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
STUDY:
The waiting room, for most people, is one of the least favourite places to be. Whether in a doctor’s office, in a bank or at the airport, it reflects a condition of wanting to be in some place else but not being able to get there, at least for the moment. It’s where God tests our commitment and grows our faith. It’s here we prepare for the next leg of the journey. As we wait on the Lord, we learn and experience trust (Hab. 2:3). Immediate answers to prayer are wonderful, but more often than not, waiting is involved to see the promise fulfilled.
The task at hand is the name of the room: The waiting room! When you are in the waiting room, understand your assignment which is to wait! It isn’t easy to wait. It demands holding on when common sense says “give-up.” It says “believe” when there is no present evidence to back it up. Faith is built in delay. Character is built in delay. The ‘building’ is the gap between the promise and the fulfilment. As gold is purified and shaped in the heat, so we and our faith are purified and shaped in waiting. Do no fail in prayers, confession of God’s word, giving and worship. You’re close to your answers.
Prayer:
Father; give me the grace to patiently wait for your leading in all my pursuit. Amen!
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