Engaging in God’s Heart for the Nations: 30-Day Devotionalಮಾದರಿ

Finding God in the Waiting – Day 30

Lydia Gard, OMS Mexico

Isaiah 55:8-9 (ESV)

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Waiting is one of the most universal and difficult experiences. Yet, there is power in the in-between times. A unique surrender comes when we can do nothing but step back in trust and hope, knowing that the Lord has the best plan.

We often wish away our waiting because it is uncomfortable, dark, sad, angry, and uncertain. We tend to ask why what we want will not come or why what we do not want will not leave.

All the while, we miss who remains sovereign, faithful, and good. We live as if God is far off and unaware when, in reality, he is the closest thing to us. Not only does he know exactly what we are waiting for, but he also intimately knows and orchestrates his grandest timing.

May we allow the aches of our waiting to remind us of what we ultimately wait for: our heavenly home. May we run to the Lord every moment of waiting, clinging to him and to the assurance that his ways are perfect. His timing always proves best, for our growth and for his glory!

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