Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

QT 18 Nov 15, Isa 64:4, The need to wait

Isa 64:4 (ESV)
From of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
 no eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who wait for him.

NOTE: I think the key idea here is the importance of waiting up God. Why is waiting so important? Waiting implies trust and God desires our trust. Waiting is also resting, although at times it is hard to rest while waiting for something to come. But true waiting is resting, knowing that what we wait for will be delivered. And in this case, waiting is accepting what comes as the best possible short- and long-term solution to our need. God knows what we REALLY NEED; he also knows what we WANT, but there is a huge difference between the two. We need to have faith that he cares about and will provide what we really need in the perfect time. Waiting is hard. In Michael Card's song Marantha, he sings "… waiting's the most bitter lesson a believing heart has to learn." It is not easy, but it is essential to our growth that we learn to wait and trust.

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