“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rest my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God”
(1-2, 5-7).
Patience is difficult for me. Therefore, prayer is often hard as well or rather waiting for an answer to prayer. I was told once that God answers prayer in three ways. He’ll say ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘wait’. All in God’s time, right? David writes twice in Psalm 62 “my soul waits is silence” emphasizing the need to be still before the Lord.
Breathe in his promises, breathe out the doubts.
This verse from Isaiah really convicted me:
But you were unwilling. You who are sinful, who are too busy, who are reluctant.
Why don’t you wait?
But I will try. I will try to wait.
I admit that I hate waiting but I am learning that God sometimes requires us to wait. Thank you for this refreshing post. God bless you plenty.
Ah yes patience. You’re welcome. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Thank you for this message…I struggle with patience as well. I gotta hold on to God and His promises!
You’re welcome. It’s a daily battle for control that we have to give up to God.
I was so pleased to find this. I found this chapter in Psalms and wrote this post a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.vintage1973.me/2013/10/p-is-for-psalm-62.html
I’ve changed my blog (and focus) but still enjoy follow BbCW!
Great post! Thanks for stopping by.