As You Wait
By Brian Orme
"I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope."
Psalm 130:5 TNIV
AT TIMES, JESUS WAS worn out by life's demands. Jesus seems to remind us, in the way that He lived, that sometimes saying "no" to good things is necessary in order to tend to the needs of the heart. Jesus offers us a model for renewal. In the final hours of His life, He was in the garden pleading with the Father, waiting on the Father to answer. In the garden, Jesus received the insurgence of the Father's strength needed to guide Him through the last tumultuous hours of His pre-resurrection life.
In essence, true spiritual renewal arrives when we become boldly aware of our own weakness. The exposure is painful, but in these moments we are closer to God than we could know. When we wait on God, we develop an expectant faith, pregnant with hope.
Finding the rhythm and grace in this sacred effort of waiting teaches us to renew our hearts through divine resources instead of conjuring up some pseudo-strength of our own.
Waiting goes against our natural instincts. But when we stop and wait for God to renew us, we receive what only God can give: a fresh expression of faith and a new passion for life.
In essence, true spiritual renewal arrives when we become boldly aware of our own weakness. The exposure is painful, but in these moments we are closer to God than we could know. When we wait on God, we develop an expectant faith, pregnant with hope.
Finding the rhythm and grace in this sacred effort of waiting teaches us to renew our hearts through divine resources instead of conjuring up some pseudo-strength of our own.
Waiting goes against our natural instincts. But when we stop and wait for God to renew us, we receive what only God can give: a fresh expression of faith and a new passion for life.
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