The Lord is our abundant supply, and He pours out His
blessings as we walk in His ways. We entreat His favor with our whole heart,
and His mercy is bountiful to us with each new day (Lamentations 3:22-23). Our
Emanuel truly loves us (Matthew 1:23).
Since the whole earth is full of His mercy, we fellowship
with other authentic Believers, receive and teach His Word, and accept His
righteous judgments. Seeking first His Kingdom and holiness allows Him to
provide us with our every need (Psalm 119:57-64; Matthew 6:33)
Even when we wake in the middle of the night, we give Him
thanks for who He is and all that He does for us. When we keep His laws,
consider our ways, and turn our feet toward His plans for our life, He sets us
free from the cords of the devil, which bind us.
Satan delights in using our stressed out life, unfit body,
exhausted emotions, and mental fatigue to create hindrances in our road to
intimacy with God. We steadily grow apathetic, weary, lazy, tired and listless.
Dropping out of areas of our service for Him, we also neglect
our wondrous salvation (Hebrews 2:3), feast less on His Word, discard our times
of prayer, overly plan our schedule, and find other things to take the place of
our times of ministry for His service.
Yet, waiting on the Lord is as important to our soul and
spirit as breathing is to our body. Sometimes, God does not come right away when
we call to Him. We tend to blame our self, and it may happen that sin in us is
blocking our communication with God at that moment.
However, at other times, God withdraws from us in order to cause
us to run harder after Him, (Psalm 42:1). He delights in hanging out with us. Like
a branch connected to the Vine of Christ, we draw our nourishment from Him and
allow Him to use us to bear abundant fruit for Him.
Prayer:
Father God, we have several options other than waiting on
You. We can do what is right in our own eyes, make our own choices in order to
serve our own best interests as we pursue our own plans, or we can follow the
whim and expectations of some significant person in our life. At times, we can
even pursue religious activities and still live outside of Your will for us (Matthew
7:22-23)
Jesus would do nothing of Himself, but only what He saw You doing
(John 5:19). Once we realize that we are helpless without You leading each
moment of our day, we come to realize that this is a vital key to living a
fulfilled life. When we wait on You, we find courage, hope and strength (Psalms
27:14; Proverbs 8:34; Psalm 130:5). Help us to make a commitment to allow You
to use us to change the world around us - one life at a time.
Thought for the Day:
In order to walk in God’s precepts, we answer His call to
choose to sit alone with Him and listen to His voice, to read His Word, to sing
His praises, and to give thanks to Him in and for all things; if we seek God
first, He will add everything to us that we need.
- Matthew 6:33
