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, September 5, 2018

QT 5 Sep 18, Isa 30:18, When waiting becomes the joy


Isaiah 30:18 (ESV) —
18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.

And Patience was willing to wait.”—Pilgrim’s Progress.

NOTE: God waits for me to learn to wait. I suppose it must be even more frustrating for God. I think I am the one having a hard time waiting. I would hate to be the one waiting on me to learn a lesson. Maybe my problem is what Patience learned to do. I need to be willing to wait. Rather than see it as an obstacle I must change my attitude -- why can't I be willing and excited to wait upon God, knowing that God's graciousness is near. That will be my goal, to change my attitude about waiting. God wants me to wait and I am willing to wait for his best and not my best. It is better anyway.

PRAYER: Father, remind today of the excitement of waiting. I want to change my attitude. I want to see waiting as much a reward as the thing I think I am waiting for. Father, change me.

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