Sunday, November 15, 2009

Waiting Quietly Before Him

You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Trust in the Lord always,
for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Isaiah 26:3-4

This is the verse I opened my Bible to a few morning ago.  I was struggling in my faith.  Wrestling God over something that I shouldn't have tried to hold on to.  I was afraid, fearing for the worst to happen instead of trusting God for the best.  I grappled with releasing this 'thing' to God all the previous night.  As I sat down on my patio swing to begin my Bible study, this verse came to mind.  I recited it.  Then I prayed it, claiming the promise found within it's words.  I knew I had to surrender to God on the matter.  My heart had to release it.  It was then as opened my Bible for my morning Bible Study that the words of the very verse I had just prayed appeared right in front of me.  It was embedded in the passage for my daily Bible reading.  Coincidence?  Not by a long shot.  God was gracious enough to show me that He was serious about keeping His promise and that I had to seriously trust Him.  It was a sign from a loving God who cares so deeply for us.  How could I resist a God like that?  Yet, I did.

Over the course of the next several days, things happened that would send me reeling back to the place where I wrestled with worry and fear.  And each time, my Savior met me there, reminding me that He was taking care of it all...He was still serious about His promise and I had to seriously trust Him.  Again, I awoke after a night of restless worry.  But again, our wonderful God revealed Himself to me during my quiet time.  In my morning devotion, I was reminded that  "The Lord is my shepherd, I have all that I need."  (Psalm 23:1)  We have no need to worry.  We have no need to fear.  For if the Lord is our Shepherd, we have ALL that we need.  No matter how much or little we have, no matter what we are going through, HE is all that we need.  So I prayed that promise.

But God had one more thing for me to know before I finally released 'it' to Him.  So as I grappled with worry once again, I awakened a third morning to another promise.  "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.  He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken."  Psalm 62:1-2  God revealed to me my part in fulfilling His promise - to wait QUIETLY before Him.  Not only is my soul to be still and quiet, I am to wait BEFORE Him...not wait 'for'  or 'on' Him while He takes care of the problem, but BEFORE HIM!  Waiting BEFORE HIM, on my knees(literally and figuratively) in prayer and petition BEFORE Him!

On our knees, waiting quietly before Him is the place where we will never be shaken!  On our knees waiting quietly BEFORE our Rock and our Salvation is where the victory lies.  For it is on our knees before Him that we are made strong!  He is our unshakable fortress!  He is all that we need!  Fix your thoughts upon Him and He will keep you in perfect peace!  Wait quietly before Him today!

In His Love, Cathy

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