Thoughts for another day

May 20, 2014.

Today's verse:  Lam. 3:25, 26. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Waiting: I don’t really know what it is about waiting that seems so beautiful before God and has the power to make available all of His power and resources in our lives.  What does waiting have to do with the entire power of God, released upon us, making us strong and awesome, filled with His glory to do His work in the world?  I may not have an answer; but all I know is, waiting is the right recipe to get close to God and I believe there’s nothing else that can get us closer to Him than waiting on Him; of course, waiting must be built on the firm foundation of faith in God and an unshakeable belief that He is in control of everything.

Usually in the process of waiting, the child of God is led to the wilderness, a place of dryness, a place of discomfort where we’re parched and ready to fall.  It may not happen with all believers, but does happen to them who’re close to God, atleast once in their lives for I believe that unless the desert of despair is thrust upon the child of God, he or she isn’t acquainted with Him.  This wilderness isn’t necessarily a place but a situation in life where nothing is going right and there’s a lot of failure, dejection and despair.  A place we want to get out of quickly, but the more we try, the more we’re stuck firmly in it.  And then reconciling to our fate, we look upon God and suddenly, He becomes real.  His life becomes real and gradually, His reality becomes our reality.

We begin to seek Him and from the myriads of blurs of the world, we’re yet able to decipher God’s shape and worship Him with fervor and passion.  A quietness descends upon every soul who happens to traverse this way and all anxiety is replaced with the quiet confidence of knowing there’s a God up there and He is connected to me and He is seized of my matter and He will deliver me.  Then this quiet confidence translates into the miracle of an encounter with God…the greatest experience a man can have of God and then the River of God bursts forth and we’re watered with the wells of salvation even unto eternal life and the chains of oppression we faced in the desert are broken and we’re free.  What a life we can lead from there!  Therefore, it’s good, a man should hope and quietly wait on Him.