Learning To Wait

"I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.'"
Lamentations 3:24

Often in life, we can be distracted by what is going on in the lives of others at the expense of what God can be doing in ours. They have the blessing that we want now. They may even tell us that we must have the same right away. Be careful of asking for something just because someone else has it. God has you on His own path for you. His work in you is not His work in another.
Choose to throw your lot in with God and you will go the quicker route to His purpose. If you can confess, "The Lord is my portion," then the portion of others will only bring out joy in your life. Covet the portion of someone else and you'll be trapped in the snare of jealousy.
Each of us encounters times when we are in a still place with God. These are times of preparation - God settling our spirits. These are the times of waiting. I once wrote a song titled, 'To Wait On You'. When writing it, I did not realise at the time that God would so powerfully answer the prayer that I uttered in its words.

There's rest for my soul
There's time for Your winds to blow
To listen as You speak
There's all the time for this...

To wait on You, to wait on You
To wait on You, to wait on You

Waiting for God means that something exciting is right around the corner. And when He does move, we'll find ourselves saying, "If only I could get some rest!"

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