Wednesday in the Word: Wait for the Lord

 

Last week, in our peek at Psalm 37, we were reminded again (and again and again) to stop fretting. It’s fruitless.

                This week? The reason why we don’t have to fret.

                We worry and stew because we want everything to be made right. We want answers. We want justice. We want it to be fixed. Now. Loudly.

                But we can fret not because…the evildoers should be cut off.

                We know who and what, but we don’t know how, when, or where. Those things are not ours to determine or maybe even ever know. We don’t get a say in how God handles it. We are simply told to fret not because He’s got it.

                And then there’s more.

                But those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

                We really, really don’t like that word wait do we? We want to push with all our might for those in the wrong to get what’s coming to them, but we don’t want to wait for God. We don’t want to wait for His decisions, h His timing, His way. But if we do, when we do, we get to enjoy the blessings of the inheritance He has planned for us.

                Today I need the reminder to wait for the Lord. In all the ways, wait for the Lord. I’m hanging onto it with all my might. Wait, wait, wait for the Lord. Don’t worry. Don’t fret. Just wait.