Waiting for the Lord

“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5
One of the wisest things we can learn to do in life is to wait for God, instead of rushing into things in our own strength. He hasn’t forgotten about you; He is just waiting for the perfect timing to move – not just in your life, but in the lifes of the other people who will be impacted too. Very often we can get frustrated and think that God is moving too slowly for our liking. But “the Lord is not slow in keeping His promise” (2 Pet. 3:9). He acts at just the right time.
And so we wait, because God has told us in the Scriptures what will happen and that He is the one who has the power to do it. We read the Word, and we trust it. It is the Word that gives us hope for the future and for eternal life. And yet many Christians today have given up reading the Bible. To be honest, I don’t understand this. Why would you not want to read the words of encouragement that God has given us, over and over, reminding ourselves of them on a daily basis? The Scriptures are the foundation of our faith. They are God-breathed, and when we read them, the Holy Spirit within us brings them to life in our hearts.