Wait on the Lord Ps 27:14
Today's morning devotion from Spurgeon is about waiting on Him, not a faithless stubborn wait but a prayerfilled, faithful and confident one.
How appropriate this is for me! Can I blame Him for not delivering His promises in the time I desire? Can I blame Him for not giving me what I want? It is easy to be deceived into thinking that getting a high paying job, a good looking mate, valedictory honours and praise for slinky dancing on the clubfloors as the best we can ever achieve in this stage of our lives. The above may be deemed as good but conjecturing is not the issue here.
When others have moved on and sought other purposes in life, are we still there holding on to a status hoping that this is all we've worked thus long for, and is where we want to remain till our end days draw near? Wait not on the desires and standards of the world because they are never constant. One day you can be a world-famous Pop artist, the next day critics discover the allure of NeoClassicism again and you become a living (perhaps)legend whose next big break may come when you are long passed away. Then again many will say you are lucky to have even been famous once.
I want to be renewed once more, in Spirit and in truth, and obedient in standing by my covenant with You.
'Now, Lord, not my will, but Yours be done. I know not what to do; I am brought to extremities, but I will wait until You shall cleave the floods, or drive back my foes. I will wait, if You keep me many a day, for my heart is fixed upon you alone, O God, and my spirit waits for You in the full conviction that You will yet be my joy and my salvation, my refuge and my strong tower.'
Amen.
How appropriate this is for me! Can I blame Him for not delivering His promises in the time I desire? Can I blame Him for not giving me what I want? It is easy to be deceived into thinking that getting a high paying job, a good looking mate, valedictory honours and praise for slinky dancing on the clubfloors as the best we can ever achieve in this stage of our lives. The above may be deemed as good but conjecturing is not the issue here.
When others have moved on and sought other purposes in life, are we still there holding on to a status hoping that this is all we've worked thus long for, and is where we want to remain till our end days draw near? Wait not on the desires and standards of the world because they are never constant. One day you can be a world-famous Pop artist, the next day critics discover the allure of NeoClassicism again and you become a living (perhaps)legend whose next big break may come when you are long passed away. Then again many will say you are lucky to have even been famous once.
I want to be renewed once more, in Spirit and in truth, and obedient in standing by my covenant with You.
'Now, Lord, not my will, but Yours be done. I know not what to do; I am brought to extremities, but I will wait until You shall cleave the floods, or drive back my foes. I will wait, if You keep me many a day, for my heart is fixed upon you alone, O God, and my spirit waits for You in the full conviction that You will yet be my joy and my salvation, my refuge and my strong tower.'
Amen.
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