01.20.09

Waiting on the Lord…

Posted in General Blog Post at 2:31 pm by Pastor Don

January 20, 2009

Dear Friends,

How good are you at waiting?  Do you do it with a sense of impatience, patience, calmness, anger?  Some people wait well; others not so well.  One of my friends gave me a good heads up for traveling when he said, “Have low expectations.”  In other words, don’t get so bent out of shape that you lose your sense of priorities.

And yet this waiting business: in the scriptures, it says, “Wait upon the Lord.”  However, as I read the scriptures, I find that waiting upon the Lord does not mean sitting around doing nothing and waiting for the Lord to suddenly appear in the clouds or to perform some miracle.

I have found that it’s more like being at a restaurant.  And there you discover that waiting on the Lord is like a waiter/waitress waiting on a table.  There the waiter/waitress takes the guest’s order and fills the order with dignity and patience, and with a sense of service.

Isaiah says it well: “They who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary; they will walk and not be faint.”  Enjoy your wait.  Hey, come on by.  I’ll wait with you.  The coffee’s fresh.  The lights are on.

Your friend, Pastor Don