Scripture

I wait for the LORD; I wait and put my hope in his word.

~Psalm 130:5, CSB

Quot

“The only thing harder than waiting on God, is wishing that you had!”

~Steven Furtick

In Psalm six David prayed for God to heal his body and deliver him from his enemies. A thousand years later, God answers his prayer by sending Jesus to heal our bodies and save us from our enemies. When I pray, I want immediate results, none of this thousand year business, but this is not how God works. Every prayer counts and every prayer will be answered, but not necessarily in our life time. I was telling the men in our bible study class last Sunday that there are four answers to prayer: [1] Yes, [2] No, [3] Wait, [4] You’ve got to be kidding! Seriously, waiting is a huge part of prayer. No farmer expects and instant harvest. He plants his seed in spring but waits for fall to harvest his crop.

We Americans are really spoiled: we don’t want to wait on anything, and no one is worse than jack. Fast food resturants are popular because we don’t want to sit down and wait. I was born with an impatient gene; I hate waiting. I don’t want to wait in traffic or at a doctor’s office. I don’t want to wait in lines at stores. I avoid places that can’t get you in and out without waiting. In the spiritual realm, this impatience is not good. Isaiah said, The LORD is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion…All who wait patiently for Him are happy. Impatience is costly. It is not the LORD’s nature to hurry or rush. He intentionally makes us wait. It is one of His many ways He has of humbling us and teaching us.

You all know I am a minute man and I hate wasted time or dead time. I had Randy Sharp and Junior Hill in Revival at DBC some years ago and I told Randy, “I want fifteen minutes of singing {no talking} and then turn it over to Junior.” He looked me square in the eye and said, “Jesus never got into a hurry and I am not going to hurry either.” He had me. I went home that night trying to find a passage where Jesus hurried; I could not find one. Out done by a song leader.

Extra

I forgot what todays blog was about and my impatient nature might have come out last night at the Freight House. We went caroling with a group from DBC. There had to be over a hundred of us. There were 60 plus in our group and it was over an hour before we got our food. I have to be honest, noise bothers me. I have a hard time relaxing in a crowd or in traffic. I feel jammed up inside. I knew before I sat down that I should have stayed at home, but the food was delicious. Best mashed potatoes I have ever eaten. Chicken fingers were great. Michael tells me that have great ribeyes and I plan to check that out in the near future. Before we went caroling Jason sang silent night as jack. It was an eye opener and it hurt my ears. I knew I was bad, I just didn’t know how bad. I moved to the back row and sang low, no one knew I was there. I didn’t even sing in the shower that I take before bed. I am crushed. I probably will not recover for months. We all need friends that will tell us about our weaknesses. I am blessed. Right now, I am belly laughing. Tis the season to be jolly, just keep me out of traffic, tight places and over crowded resturants.

Good day yesterday. Thank You Lord. Keep praying for our cancer warriors. It is a long list. Put Melanie Mitchell at the top today and don’t forget to pray for Christy Clark.

Things are picking up speed as we roll toward Christmas. We may as well treat every day as Christmas eve from here in. The girls have things planned for every night and day from here in and Ty has five Basketball games between now and Christmas.

Have a great day.

I think Tina’s dad got to go home and LORD willing, I am going to visit Don Widner’s sister this evening.