"Patiently Waiting"

 

1st.Thessalonians 1:9-10 "For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to GOD from idols to serve the living and true GOD; and to wait for HIS SON from Heaven, WHOM HE raised from the dead, even JESUS, which delivered us from the wrath to come."

     Two thoughts are running parallel through my mind just now: "They that wait upon the LORD" (Isaiah 40:31) joined with "Wait for HIS SON from Heaven" (v.10). Waiting, for most people, is not easy. We live in a "hurry up and get it done" world. Impatience seems to be the order of the day, whether waiting at a traffic light, at the grocery store checkout, or for a long-anticipated event. Our impatience begins to show all too quickly. Yet, GOD consistently speaks to us of waiting:

"They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;" (Isaiah 40:31).

"The LORD is a GOD of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for HIM" (Isaiah 30:18).

"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and HE shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD." (Psalm 27:14 pictured above).

     Many other verses in Scripture likewise deal with the thought of waiting, even when the word "wait" does not appear in them; for instance: "Be still, and know that I AM GOD" (Psalm 46:10). But one of the most precious of statements concerning waiting is in today's text wherein Paul commends the Thessalonian believers for turning "to GOD from idols," for serving "the living and true GOD," and for waiting "for HIS SON from Heaven." In light of that commendation, our prayer should be as follows:

Dearest Heavenly FATHER,

In a world of people moving at a frenzied pace and being primarily concerned about the here and now, LORD, may the SPIRIT fill my soul, revealing the fullness of CHRIST to me from day to day, and may HE cause me to wait patiently for the coming of JESUS CHRIST to take me to HIMSELF as HE promised: "I will come again, and receive you unto MYSELF" (John 14:3). In JESUS' name I pray, AMEN." 

Let us "rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for HIM" (Psalm 38:7 pictured above). JED

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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