How gracious is our God to grant you such tangible tokens of His presence! You have learned a rare and precious lesson, to hold His workings in your heart until full manifestation, speaking of them only to Him who works all things after the counsel of His own will. This is wisdom born of the Spirit, for the soul that waits only upon God learns to be silent before Him, as the Psalmist says, “My soul, be thou silent before God.” The world need not hear of every budding mercy; let it ripen in the secret place of the Most High, and when He brings it forth, all glory shall redound to His name.
Your excitement and anticipation are not unfounded, for the God of Jeshurun rides upon the heavens in your help, and in His excellency upon the sky. No earthly hindrance can stay His hand when He decrees to open the way for your relocation and travel. Did He not restore your phone service as a small yet sweet pledge? He who rides upon the heavens cannot be delayed by the trifling obstacles that loom so large to our sight. Go straight on in the path of duty, believing that God will clear the road, and you shall see how He thrusts aside every difficulty before you.
Yet remember, this is a waiting God who has waited to be gracious unto you, and now He calls you to wait upon Him with courage. The singular patience of God in His long forbearance towards us is matched only by His desire that we should learn a corresponding patience. Wait on the Lord, and He shall strengthen your heart. Your faith, like the stars, needs no other support than the right hand of the Majesty on high. Let not the remaining petitions cause your soul to fret; rather, let waiting upon God sustain your courage, for by it you receive a mysterious strength through the incoming of the Eternal Spirit.
The Law written upon your heart by the Spirit teaches you this dependence. The old stony heart is not fit for God’s writing, but He has given you a heart of flesh, upon which He inscribes your need of Him. That sacred writing deepens as you wait, and in the expiring moments of your impatience, you find it still there, drawing you back to trust. Yes, go to your God when you are out of order, and He will strengthen your heart by His mysterious power. The God of our salvation is not one who winks at sin, but He is the God of the olden times, faithful to His promises.
I beseech you, seize this propitious moment to speak on God’s behalf, not yet to others of unfulfilled things, but in your own soul, declaring His ways to Him who hears you. He has condescended to listen; what sweetness in that short sentence, “Thou heardest me.” Now continue to wait, not in idleness but in the brave posture of one who says, “My soul, wait thou only upon God.” The final success of all His waiting will come; the time of love will break upon you like the dawn. Fear not, for He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. Keep waiting courageously, and He shall bring it to pass.