HOW
CAN WE TAP INTO GOD’S PERFECT TIMING?
Ps
37:7
7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not
thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who
bringeth wicked devices to pass.
REST! It is the
Hebrew word damam (daw-man') which means “to be dumb” or simply
to hold your peace. To hush! God is either in control or He is not! If
He is then why are we so restless?
WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM! Here the
Hebrew is very interesting! It is the word chuwl (khool); or chiyl (kheel).
Bringing it into today’s language we might say “chill!” But God knows us
better than that because it means “to twist or twirl, to writhe in pain!” Now
that is what waiting is for ME!
I remember my sister and I taking turns
climbing a tree to watch for the arrival of the ice cream man. It is this kind
of anxious, just-can’t-stand-it, waiting that I am most familiar with.
SURRENDER YOUR “WAY”! When I pray, I
usually have already worked out a solution and I simply ask God to do it my
way. He doesn’t always see things the way I do.
Ps
37:5
5
Commit thy way [COURSE OF LIFE, MODE OF ACTION] unto the LORD; trust also in
him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Young’s
Literal Translation puts it this way: “Roll on Jehovah thy way,
And trust upon Him, and He worketh.”
An
old, perhaps ancient, motion chorus I learned in Sunday school goes this way:
Roll
away, roll away, roll away!
Every
burden of my heart roll away!
Sweet
Jesus, though I may twist and twirl while waiting, let me roll upon you my way!
AMEN
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