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Humble Servant
Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18
Autumn is hunting season. For a few weeks every year, licensed hunters are allowed to go out into the woods and hunt for deer. Some hunters build elaborate tree stands high above the ground where they sit quietly for hours waiting for a deer to wander within rifle range.
When I think of hunters who are so patient when it comes to waiting for deer, I think of how impatient we can be when we have to wait for God. We often equate "wait" with "waste." If we're waiting for something (or someone), we think we are doing nothing, which, in an accomplishment-crazed culture, seems like a waste of time.
But waiting serves many purposes. In particular, it proves our faith. Those whose faith is weak are often the first to give up waiting, while those with the strongest faith are willing to wait indefinitely.
When we read the Christmas story in Luke 2, we learn of two people who proved their faith by their willingness to wait. Simeon and Anna waited long, but their time wasn't wasted; it put them in a place where they could witness the coming of the Messiah (verses 22-38).
Not receiving an immediate answer to prayer is no reason to give up faith. For it makes us grow as a Christian.
Not ours to know the reason why
Unanswered is our prayer,
But ours to wait for God's own perfect time
Waiting for God is never a waste of time.
Autumn is hunting season. For a few weeks every year, licensed hunters are allowed to go out into the woods and hunt for deer. Some hunters build elaborate tree stands high above the ground where they sit quietly for hours waiting for a deer to wander within rifle range.
When I think of hunters who are so patient when it comes to waiting for deer, I think of how impatient we can be when we have to wait for God. We often equate "wait" with "waste." If we're waiting for something (or someone), we think we are doing nothing, which, in an accomplishment-crazed culture, seems like a waste of time.
But waiting serves many purposes. In particular, it proves our faith. Those whose faith is weak are often the first to give up waiting, while those with the strongest faith are willing to wait indefinitely.
When we read the Christmas story in Luke 2, we learn of two people who proved their faith by their willingness to wait. Simeon and Anna waited long, but their time wasn't wasted; it put them in a place where they could witness the coming of the Messiah (verses 22-38).
Not receiving an immediate answer to prayer is no reason to give up faith. For it makes us grow as a Christian.
Not ours to know the reason why
Unanswered is our prayer,
But ours to wait for God's own perfect time
Waiting for God is never a waste of time.
