The Long Wait

How long would we be willing to wait for God to show us the fulfillment of His plans?  God made a promise that He would send someone to rescue Anna and her people.  For more than 60 years Anna waited for the fulfillment of the promise.  While she waited, she trusted God and served Him.  She didn’t get angry and complain and give up on God in frustration.  She just did the simple things she knew to do, one day at a time and waited.

We feel like we’ve waited a long time for the pandemic to be over and we don’t know how long we still have to wait.  Personally, we may not know how long we have to wait for the fulfillment of God's plan for our lives. It probably won’t be sixty years.  What we know is that God's plans are perfect, and God's timing is right. God wants us to walk with Him and do the ordinary things He has instructed us to do, even in the middle of difficult circumstances.  As we obey God, we will experience the best life possible and make ourselves available to all God has planned for us. 

The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him.  So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.  (Lamentations 3:25-26 NLT)

As this year comes to an end and we move into the next, let’s focus on today and trust God’s plan and God’s timing for our future. 

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I find it hard to wait.  Please help me to trust that You will fulfill Your promises for my future and today, help me to simply do the next right thing.  Amen

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