WAITING

Do you sometimes feel as though you are just waiting? Do you not feel God's presence even though you are reading your bible and praying everyday? Are you facing something difficult and feel as if you are all along? In my hardships and times where I feel like there is no end to the heartache, the Lord was asking me to show what trust is by waiting. "Okay God I trust you, can this be over now?" No because He wants us to find rest in Him, not when everything is going well. Through the last few years I have learned that practicing this really makes you stronger. Waiting may be God's will for you right now so that you can grow closer to Him and He can make you stronger! So rest and be thankful when He brings you though times like these.

I laid it down in silence,
This work of mine,
And took what had been sent me--
A resting time.
The Master's voice had called me
To rest apart;
"Apart with Jesus only,"
Echoed my heart.

I took the rest and stillness
From His own Hand,
And felt this present illness
Was what He planned.
How often we choose labor,
When He says "Rest"--
Our ways are blind and crooked;
His way is best.

The work Himself has given,
He will complete.
There may be other errands
For tired feet;
There may be other duties
For tired hands,
The present, is obedience
To His commands.

There is a blessed resting
In lying still,
In letting His hand mold us,
Just as He will.
His work must be completed.
His lesson set;
He is the higher Workman:
Do not forget!

It is not only "working."
We must be trained;
And Jesus "learnt" obedience,
Through suffering gained.
For us, His yoke is easy,
His burden light.
His discipline most needful,
And all is right.

We are but under-workmen;
They never choose
If this tool or if that one
Their hands shall use.
In working or in waiting
May we fulfill
Not ours at all, but only
The Master's will!
--Selected