Love the LORD, all you his saints!
The LORD preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the LORD!
(Psalm 31:23-24 ESV)
We have only two choices. Act on our own, or wait upon the Lord’s timing. We can have the faith that God will keep His promise or strike out on our own to usher it along.
Abraham made that mistake with Hagar, his wife’s maidservant. He believed God’s promise that he would be a father of a great nation one day. But when Sarah, his wife, didn’t conceive in her old age, he thought he had to get the ball rolling.The result is he became the father of two nations and they have been at war ever since.
Now, I am not saying we sit on our hands and do nothing. Quite the contrary. We keep doing what God has called us to do, trusting that, in His perfect timing, the fruits of our labor will be revealed. God’s ways are often more like a crock pot than a microwave.
In this instant-result orientated world, that even more than ever it takes three things, as the psalmist says –
- Swallowing our pride
- Being strong in our faith
- Having the courage to keep on keeping on
Wait for it. Keep believing – but keep at the task.
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