Wait for God’s Answer

Posted on May 22, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals

LORD, I wait for you;

you will answer, Lord my God.

PSALM 38:15

God’s answer isn’t always immediate. Our heavenly Father may not be forthcoming in His answer to prayer. We wait in our pain, and there seems to be no relief. We wait in confusion, and our circumstances grow more complicated. We wait for wisdom to harness our child’s energy for God, and we find ourselves wanting. We wait in wonder over what we need to do at work. Answers from the Almighty may be absent for now, but the faithful wait.

We commit ourselves to Christ because we know He judges righteously. He can be trusted. He’s not withholding His answer for His pleasure. In fact He may have already answered, and we’ve avoided hearing Him. Our activity can be an enemy to hearing God. We may need to slow down and stop trying to fix the faults of others. Seek the Lord and love Him. Seek His face and fear Him. God doesn’t speak freely to those He can’t trust, but to the trustworthy He gives insight.

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“Teach slaves…to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive” (Titus 2:10).

Our patience allows God to possess our soul. Hope in the Almighty’s intervention and the power of prayer are what bring peace to a soul plagued by pain. In our adversity, the voice of the Almighty is near and clear. We just need to listen, really listen. Anger’s roar may be filling the ears of our heart. Worry may mute our soul’s capacity to listen to the Spirit. When we trust Jesus, we’re in a position to hear Jesus.

Don’t settle for anything less than the Almighty’s answer. Look for the Lord’s leading in His Word and among godly counsel. You’ll find the richest solace in waiting for His wisdom. Why settle for the scraps of a quick solution when you can have the gold of God’s solid strategy? Take your team or family through a process of discovering God’s game plan. It takes time to trust, but the results bear the fruit of God’s best. Rest in His refuge. He works while we wait!

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“The LORD is a God of justice.

Blessed are all who wait for him!” (Isaiah 30:18).

What does it look like to wait on the Lord? What blessings come to those who wait on God?

Related Readings

Isaiah 64:4; Hosea 12:6; Micah 7:7; Mark 15:43;

1 Corinthians 4:5