"3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the LORD, and HE will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD; TRUST IN HIM, and HE will act.
6 HE will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
7 BE STILL before the LORD and "WAIT PATIENTLY" for HIM; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!"
Most know that one of my favorite verse is Psalms 46:10, "BE STILL, and know that I AM GOD.....". Another favorite of mine is Psalms 27:14 that says "WAIT ON THE LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; WAIT FOR THE LORD!" I also like Psalms 37:4 which says "Delight yourself in the LORD, and HE will give you the desires of your heart." This morning while reading through some of the Psalms, I ran across Psalms 37:7! There was little doubt GOD had this scripture put into HIS WORD for me!
There seems to be a propensity on my part to assume that the ones put into authority must have done something right or else they wouldn't be where they are? Why else would the one's in power be where they are? If someone is elevated above their pay grade, their descent will no doubt be painful. Pharaoh was in a position of leadership of Egypt. He released the children of Israel, only to chase after them. When the children of Israel saw him coming, they began to cry to Moses. Of course we know that GOD used Pharaoh's position and arrogance to "get glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts" (Exodus 14:17)! When we TRUST IN HIM (GOD) we not only TRUST HIM for results, but we TRUST HIM for the results to come in HIS TIMING!
GOD used the same words from some of my favorite scriptures to speak to my heart today. "BE STILL", "WAIT", and PATIENTLY" are almost foreign concepts to my personality. Maybe my personality has to yield to HIS plan and purpose for my life? I may have to endure a Pharaoh (Exodus 14) in my life for a period of time, but scripture records Pharaoh's ultimate fate! Scripture says when we TRUST IN HIM, HE WILL ACT! HE may not act when we think HE needs to, but HIS plan is always best...........and HE IS GOD! HE doesn't need to satisfy our agenda!
Our idea of utopia may not be best at all? GOD's plan for our lives may have prosperity, or HIS plan may have valleys? But HE has promised to be with us in our valleys (Psalms 23:4), we just have to learn to "WAIT PATIENTLY" for HIM!
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