An insight from Bible study this week has stuck with me.
They that wait up on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Is 40:31
We know it well. We recite it when we're weary. The insight (stolen from Beth Moore) is that we should be waiting on the Lord. We're always waiting on events. When the house is organized, when the kids are older, when the baby gets here, when I get married, when the kids are well, when we make more money, when the weather is nicer, etc. Our lives are consumed by events and waiting on the next event to happen instead of waiting on the Lord, seeking the Lord, delighting in the Lord. I'm always praying for the Lord to work in a situation, or fix a problem, instead of praying that the Lord would make me the woman He wants me to be through the problem. My friend, Lisette, quoted Warren Wiersbe in a note on facebook, "If we value comfort more than character then trials will upset us. If we value the material and the physical more than the spiritual, we will not be able to count it all joy." So, in the midst of the trial, when we're weary, instead of fighting to get OUT of the trial, wait on the Lord. What does He have for you in this?
5 comments:
totally needed that. thanks
5th round of antibiotics in 6 months and now time away from my sick little grandkiddos AGAIN!! Whaaa!! Lord, what am I to learn from this? Please don't let me miss it! Thanks Mama Freddy!
i think, "when I have a house... when I have a baby... when I get to travel..." thanks for that.
I'm sure Hudson has heard me say worse things. I'm thankful that maybe God shut his ears for that.
I have to spot Tyler for a headstand now.
This was such a good study and I love your insight. So true!!
Oh man, he's totally sticking his rear in the air and kicking his feet! I can imagine him crawling soon or just staying like that for a few months. Either would be fine. :)
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