Wait

I am certain that I will see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Wait for the Lord. 

Psalms 27:13-14 CSB

I have heard of women asking the Lord for a word from Him at the start of a new year. This word might be a direction, a quality, a verb, or just about any word. It seems to me to be kind of like a theme He wants to speak over us at that time, or for that year. I honestly had not done that before, so this year, that is exactly what I did. I asked Him for a word. 

God pretty quickly put a word on my heart. Wait. What? Wait. I kept asking Him if that was the word He had for me. I needed lots of confirmation. But that was it. Wait.  

The further this year has progressed, I am confident that God just wants me to wait and rest in Him. I think I was running on ahead, trying to make things happen my way. I was worried, stressed, and felt that I needed to do so many things to make all this turn out right. But the only thing I needed to do was wait on Him. 

When I felt that the Lord was silent, I think I was just not ready to listen to what He had for me. He wanted me to rest and trust Him and trust in how He was working all things out. 

And now, that word, wait, is oddly comforting. I generally don’t like to wait. I’m probably not alone in that. But now It reminds me that there is something very special coming. I am looking forward to what He has for me. I trust Him. I’ll admit, there are still times I try to take off and run on my own, but God sweetly reminds me to wait. 

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful (Hebrews 10:22-23).

Lord, draw me near to You. Help me hold on to Your Hope because You are faithful. 

Julie Smith