"WAIT.....on The LORD!"

Romans 12:1-3             (1599 Geneva Bible)
"1 I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye give up your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable serving of God.
2 And fashion not yourselves like unto this world, but be ye changed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.
3 For I say through the grace that is given unto me, to everyone that is among you, that no man presume to understand above that which is meet to understand, but that he understand according to sobriety, as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."


Has GOD ever placed you in a situation where you didn't know where to turn?  You felt you needed to do something to alleviate your predicament, but the last thing you wanted to do is to get ahead of GOD?  You try and try to find a way out, and nothing seems to "fit" as the answer from HIM?

According to dictionary.com, "I Beseech" means "I beg" you!  Paul was saying he "begged" us to give up our bodies as a "living" sacrifice.  A sacrifice was typically an animal that was slain for redemptive purposes.  Paul was not saying to kill ourselves for CHRIST!  Instead, Paul was advocating us to "live for HIM" (2 Cor 5:15).  Live for HIM at the pace HE sets for our lives.

"HOLY, acceptable unto GOD"?  How do you serve GOD when you are not sure of the direction HE is leading you?  How do we make sure we are doing what HE has in HIS plan for our lives?  At times, do we think we have to be doing something for HIM, when HE is trying to get us to WAIT ON HIM?

Verse 2 says "And fashion not yourselves like unto this world"!  The world says we must be doing something for HIM.  If we are not doing something for the kingdom, we are lazy and unproductive.  The Bible is very clear for us to "Wait on The Lord" (Psalms 27:14).  Yet, we always have the impression that WE must do something!  Sometimes, all we need to do is "Be Still" (Psalms 46:10)!

We all do what we think is best AT THE TIME.   The ESV version of Romans 12:3 says "For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself MORE HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned."  If you don't have a clear direction, maybe GOD is telling you you need to "WAIT" for that direction.