September 04, 2023
Daily Devotion:
"Time of Waiting"
Psalm 27:14
New International Version
14 Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
What the world tells us is often in direct conflict with Scripture. Throughout the Bible, the concept of waiting is expressed in many different ways. We read about how long the Israelites had to wait to enter the Promised Land, but that was due to their disobedience. Scripture also tells us to wait for our own peace of mind. God tells us that “he has made everything beautiful in its time.
We should know that we are not alone in this, but we have a really hard time waiting, especially for good things. Often, it feels like our choices are taken away from us in times of waiting, but when we remember who our Lord is — We realize how wrong we are. We do have a choice. We can either stress, spiral, or bemoan to anyone who will listen about our plight. Or we can be still. we can turn to the Lord and be with him. The more time we spend with him, the more we glean about his will for us. We will experience peace, and before we knew it, the time of waiting doesn’t feel so long.
