“Waiting”
I remember reading once how much time a person spends, in an average lifetime, waiting in line for something. If you live in Metro Atlanta, one of the top 10 nationally worst, you spend a lot of time waiting in traffic.
If you are a child or teenager, you spend a lot of time waiting for school to end. Waiting for some event, priviledge or present that is in your future.
Lamentations 3:22-24 talks about the benefit of waiting on the Lord. “Because of the Lord’s great love , we are not consumed for His compassion never fails. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for Him.”
Instead of waiting for the economy to change or for someone who I’m praying for to respond to God’s love; I need to refocus the reason on the One I am waiting for. God is my portion. He is everything I need and more than I desire. May I learn to wait for Him and on Him (service) and not for Him to do something for me.