" WAIT. STOP. LISTEN TO ME. BE PATIENT. TRUST ME. "
These are all things I believe the Lord has been answering me with lately, as I cry out to him.
I don't believe there is anyone who truly enjoys waiting. I never imagined I would have more trouble waiting for something as an adult, than I did as a child. We live in a world where we as humans hate to wait. Waiting in traffic, waiting on someone to call/text you back, waiting on food at a restaurant, waiting on your shift at work to be over, and waiting on God.
For several months now I have prayed, cried out to God, cried to myself, & cried to those who are close to me. There have been points where I have thought, "God, do you even hear me?". On those days when it is all just too much to bear, I have turned to scripture, really dug deep into God's word. These past few days God has begun to really change my impatient heart.
Job is who I think of when I think about patience and waiting in scripture. God allowed the devil to destroy everything he had to prove his faithfulness in the Lord. Job lost EVERYTHING. His servants, his cattle, his wealth, his crops, his property, and most importantly, Job lost his children. Job knew the Lord had a plan for his life, trusted his plan, and never questioned his plans for his life.
And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
12 Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. 15 In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. 17 So Job died, old and full of days.
--Job 42:10-16
How amazing is that? Job never questioned God, even when he lost absolutely everything he had. He trusted God and his plan for his life. Job prayed for his friends, even when he lost everything. When he prayed for his friends, God gave him TWICE as much as before. Then it says, Job died after 140 years, and full of days.
After reading that, how could I not be patient and wait on the Lord? His timing is perfect, my plan is all his own, and if I am patient, the Lord will bless me in ways I could not even imagine being blessed. I am so thankful I did not turn away from God, but turned to scripture in this tribulation of life. When you feel like you may not be getting the 'right' answer, or you may not feel like you are being answered at all, seek God's word. It will never fail you, you will always be able to find an answer there.
God Bless,
Lauren
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