Reflect on Patience

We have spent this week looking at patience and have been reminded that we are not alone in our waiting. In fact, when we reflect on the characters in the bible we see that we are in good company.

Adele Calhoun states: “God’s people to learn to wait with God in the present moment. Because is the only place God is found. The past with its regrets is irretrievably gone. The future with its what-ifs is out of our control. But now, right now, it is possible to be with God. It is possible to wait and say yes to God in what is. Waiting is where we learn to let go of our control and expectations, and trust that God is good no matter what is happening. Waiting with God is where we learn how to be happy when we don’t get our own way.” 

In our passage today, the Psalmist speaks of presenting their requests before the Lord in the morning and ‘waiting expectantly’. Just as David does here, we too can bring our requests in God in prayer. We are not necessarily promised a quick answer; in fact, it is sometimes in the waiting that we grow the most. 

John Ortberg puts it well: “Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.”