THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6
“How
long, O Lord, must I call for help?” Hab 1:2 NIV
WAITING
FOR THINGS TO CHANGE (1)
Are you waiting for your vision to start coming to
pass, or to find a solution to a problem you’re facing, or for the first signs
of fulfillment to a promise God has made you? You’re not the first person to
struggle with the idea of waiting, and you won’t be the last. Furthermore,
when you get what you’re waiting for now, you’ll begin waiting for something
else. If there’s one word that defines Christian living, it’s—waiting. God said
to the prophet Habakkuk, “The revelation awaits an appointed time…and will not
prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not
delay” (Hab 2:3 NIV). Why did God say that? Because He was answering the
Prophet’s question, “How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not
listen?” Look at the patriarch Job. Covered in boils and totally bankrupt, he
says, “If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I
will wait, till my change comes” (Job 14:144 NKJV). Waiting for things to
change is not easy. So what should you do while you’re waiting? Pour yourself
into the job at hand; otherwise you’ll shortchange your own future. James
writes, “Be patient…See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable
crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm” (Jas 5:7-8 NIV).
What God has in store for you is worth any price you have to pay and any season
of waiting you have to go through.
Taken
from The Word for You Today Devotional
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