I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me…
-- Habakkuk 2:1
There is a key password for connecting with God. The word is patience. If you and I want to move toward an enduring faith, it begins with patiently waiting on and listening to God.
When we’re impatient, it’s usually because we’re not getting what we want fast enough. We become like Habakkuk who basically said, “Times are bad, God! Do something and do it now!”
But in his great wisdom, God doesn’t move at our will, but according to his purposes. And you may have noticed, God’s never in a hurry, but he’s always on time! Some of us give pain reliever more time to work than we give God.
So what do you do when God is silent when you pray? Let me tell you. When you struggle with doubt and uncertainty and don’t have a clue as to what to think or do… do what Habakkuk did. Wait patiently on God. There’s wisdom in waiting.
Waiting on God is trusting in God. Waiting is not passivity, it’s not just sitting back doing nothing. As you wait on him, you can actively pursue his heart, his will, and his mind.
Even if… or when… he brings you to the end of yourself, wait on God! Trust his wisdom and you will discover, like Habakkuk, that he is enough!
WAITING ON GOD IS TRUSTING IN GOD.
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I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me…
-- Habakkuk 2:1
There is a key password for connecting with God. The word is patience. If you and I want to move toward an enduring faith, it begins with patiently waiting on and listening to God.
When we’re impatient, it’s usually because we’re not getting what we want fast enough. We become like Habakkuk who basically said, “Times are bad, God! Do something and do it now!”
But in his great wisdom, God doesn’t move at our will, but according to his purposes. And you may have noticed, God’s never in a hurry, but he’s always on time! Some of us give pain reliever more time to work than we give God.
So what do you do when God is silent when you pray? Let me tell you. When you struggle with doubt and uncertainty and don’t have a clue as to what to think or do… do what Habakkuk did. Wait patiently on God. There’s wisdom in waiting.
Waiting on God is trusting in God. Waiting is not passivity, it’s not just sitting back doing nothing. As you wait on him, you can actively pursue his heart, his will, and his mind.
Even if… or when… he brings you to the end of yourself, wait on God! Trust his wisdom and you will discover, like Habakkuk, that he is enough!
WAITING ON GOD IS TRUSTING IN GOD.
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by Dr. Paul Chappell
“Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.”
2 Timothy 4:9–12
I read the story of G. Campbell Morgan starting out in the ministry. He was part of a group of 150 young men who applied for ordination in 1888. To qualify, they had to pass doctrinal examinations and then preach a sermon. Morgan did fine on the test, but his trial sermon was a disaster. Two weeks later Morgan found his name on the list of candidates who had failed. A despondent Morgan telegraphed his father one word, “Rejected.” Soon he received a reply: “Rejected on Earth. Accepted in Heaven.” Morgan did not give up, and became one of the great preachers of his generation.
When Paul and Barnabas went on their first missionary trip, they took Mark with them, but he gave up and went home. Paul refused to allow Mark to go on their second trip, and the tension over his decision was so great that it separated two men who had been dear friends and coworkers in the ministry for many years. But near the end of his life, Paul had a different opinion. Over the years Mark had proven himself to be faithful in the work. His initial failure did not keep him from trying again. And in Paul’s final epistle, he described Mark as an asset in God’s work.
Every one of us knows what it is like to fail. Some people allow those failures to become the definition of their lives. Others decide instead to get up and try again...and again...and again. These are the people who accomplish things. We do not have to stop trying just because our last attempt didn’t work.
Today’s Growth Principle:
Failure may leave scars, but it is never final unless we allow it to be.
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