Waiting for God's Perfect Order

Psalm 130:5

I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.

In our society, patience is a lost virtue.  Everybody wants satisfaction instantly.  Nobody is willing to wait on anything.  This may be especially true at the start of a new year as many of us have such strong intentions of getting our new year off to a good start.  Each of us is anxious to jump into the new year to get on with our perceived new paths to being more productive and more prosperous.

This rush to get things done is in direct opposition to how Our Heavenly Father works.  No single thing is done in His kingdom until everything is in perfect order for the perfect result.  This is especially true in our lives.  The Lord does not want us to advance until He has prepared us and our surroundings properly.  If we try to move ahead of God’s plan, we will meet heartbreak and disappointment.

From a human perspective, we can make a lot of good decisions in our lives without God.  We can also accomplish a lot things deemed good by the world without God.  We cannot, however, accomplish anything of real kingdom value without placing our reliance on Our Heavenly Father and waiting on Him to direct us through His Holy Spirit.  In order to be deemed good and faithful servants, we must learn to wait on the Lord in all things.  We must learn to wait on His grace and the working of His power in our lives.

Let us believe God to be who He says He is.  Let us learn to wait for God to open doors for us.  Let us learn to rest until He puts things in perfect order for us.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for working all things in our lives for our good when we trust in You.  We thank You for providing the Holy Spirit to be with us always to remind us to lean on You and not on ourselves.  We pray, Lord, that you will give us the patience to wait on you.  We ask that You show us how to be still in the valley as you prepare the mountain top for us and those that You have given us to serve.  We rejoice in Your faithfulness.  We ask all these things in the name of the One who did nothing without knowing He was operating in Your will, Your Son, Jesus.