Av 1
WAIT
“’YHWH is my portion’, says my soul; ‘Therefore will I hope in Him.’
YHWH is good unto them that WAIT for Him, to the soul that seeks Him. It is good that a man should QUIETLY WAIT for
the salvation of YHWH.” (Lam 3:24-26 HRVS, emphasis mine)
We presently live in what is
commonly called a “microwave society”. Most everything is accomplished at speeds
we do not try to measure; we complain when our computers run slow, and signal
is poor for our cell phones. The U.S.
Postal Service verifies that postal patrons usually
only receive hand written, personal correspondence once in a two week period – the days of letter writing (certainly
by hand) are long gone.
However, Abba Father, the Elohim
who created not only we frail humans, but the world we live in, is not on our time-table, and never will
be. He cannot be coerced or manipulated
into operating on our schedule. All too often we forget who holds the reins
of the universe in His hands …
“The earth is YHWH's, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas,
and established it upon the floods.” (Ps 24:1-2 HRVS)
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few of the ways Noah Webster defines “wait” are to “1. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or
remain stationary, till the arrival of some person or event; 2. To rest in
expectation and patience; 3. To stay; not to depart; 4. To wait on {included in this are these
definitions:}; 5. To look watchfully; 6. To be ready to serve; to obey”[1]. All of these definitions are in direct opposition
to the way we currently live our lives – in the fast lane – yet they will all be found within various fruit of the
Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). Can we have self-control without learning how to
wait? And what of patience – there is a
LOT of waiting involved while this fruit is being developed in our lives.
We wait on Him,
our YHWH Elohim, the One who was, who
is, and who is to come (Rev 1:8). To
demand that He answer us immediately, yesterday, and in a way that we expect is nothing but arrogance and
pride, and stinks in the nostrils of our Elohim (Isa 64:6). Where are the times of seeking His face, not His hand? Of listening for His heart-beat, instead of
hearing our own voices, reciting our ‘wish’ lists?
“As for me, I look to יהוה,
I wait for the Elohim of my deliverance, my Elohim does hear me.” (Mic 7:7 ISR)
“… But they that wait for
YHWH shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and
not faint.” (Isa 40:31 HRVS)
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