What does it mean to wait on the Lord? In my case, it means to put all my trust on Him. To stand still and not move until He directs me to. To fully depend on Him, knowing that He is working in the background. To know with confidence that the Lord has a plan, even when it seems like there is no way to recover. The Lord has put Jeremy and I through many trials. In some, it felt like God was silent, as if He did not even care. I always wondered during a storm how it was going to bring glory to God. Nothing about it looked like it was going to have a good outcome. But of course, God uses all things for the good of those who love Him. God has used our trials to strengthen our faith. As our preacher said last Sunday, we are either coming out of a storm, in a storm or going into a storm. But knowing that I can fully trust the Lord during a storm brings comfort. The waves do not seem so big after all.
Waiting on Him means directing our attention to Him in hopeful anticipation of what He will do. It entails trusting Him with every fiber of our being instead of trying to figure things out for ourselves. He created us to stay conscious of Him as we go about our daily duties. He has promised many blessings to those who wait on Him: renewed strength, living above one's circumstances, resurgence of hope, awareness of His continual presence. Waiting on Him enables us to glorify Him by living in deep dependence on Him, ready to do His will. In His presence is fullness of joy.
Lamentations 3:24-26; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 16:11
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