Wait on Him Alone

Hello Friends,

Hope that everyone have been having a good start to their year.

We always enter into a new year with a lot of hope and anticipation, but what if you find yourself walking through a season you hoped would have changed for the better by now. The reality is that a new year does not automatically mean a change in every area of our lives. Maybe, there is something you have been so desperately praying for, hoping for a breakthrough, but are yet to see it. And there is a weariness and a trepidation as you walk through the start of this year feeling the burden of having to continue to walk through your valley.

In seasons that are challenging, we often desire to be out of it as soon as possible, our plans are to move onto the next/ better season of life. But often God’s plans and timeline differs from ours, and we wonder why God does not seem to be in a rush to get us out of our trial. The Lord’s thoughts and ways are above and beyond ours. Often in our walk with God, seasons of waiting come along with it. We desire immediate deliverance, but God in his perfect wisdom, uses those times to work in us and grow us spiritually.

In Jeremiah 29:4-5 we read of the command God gives his people who were in exile “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Isreal says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.”

The people probably did not expect to have to settle down while in exile but hoped for immediate restoration to their land. God’s word to them were to embrace their current circumstances and bloom where He had placed them. I don’t know about you, but I find myself challenged to feel settled in a season that I would rather move on from. God’s command to embrace where he placed them is also a reminder that He is with them through it all and it is the same for us too. May we not miss out on seeing God’s hand at work in numerous small ways, when our focus is so fixated on the whole circumstance.

To look to God, embracing where he has you in the moment and to grow, would involve not just enduring through it but waiting on God well.

Let’s look at Psalm 62:1-2 that give us insight into what it feels like to wait well. We will look at three different translations to get a deeper insight into what these verses mean.

Psalm 62:1-2 (NIV) “Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.”

Psalm 62:1-2 (NASB) “My soul waits in silence for God alone; From Him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken.“

Psalm 62:1-2 (NLT) “I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.”

It is interesting to note that the very same verse in one version speaks of our soul waiting on God alone and in another it speaks of our soul finding rest in God alone. We often wait for God to resolve our situation – Yes, He is a God who can provide, heal, restore and do so much more and often our focus is drawn to all that He can do. But scripture here is teaching us to wait on God alone, not merely on what He can do for you. We are to seek Him and His presence first, before what He can do for us. And in that sort of waiting there is restfulness, peace and stability. God is our rock, our salvation and our fortress, the very foundation of our lives upon which we walk. He is our fortress that guards our hearts and minds from the infiltrating thoughts of the enemy. And therefore, we will not be shaken through our trail.

Friend, if you find yourself carrying any burden and are waiting on God and have been praying desperately, may your soul wait on God alone. Not focusing on what He can do but focus on Him. And may you find shelter under His wings during this time, and I pray that you experience His presence and strength, a deepening of your faith and a revelation of Him like never before as you Wait on Him Alone.

God Bless.