July 10 – Waiting
Ecclesiastes 3:11: He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Waiting for things can drive people crazy, leading them to do things in desperation and a hurry. Waiting is never easy for the majority and makes people act up in the arm of the flesh which can give a temporary fix soon to fall apart at the seams in the test of turbid waters.
One rash hasty action begets another and another, until there are a series of mistakes, things done in impulse, a moment of passion, a moment of anger, a moment of rage, a moment of lust all done in the periphery of a restless soul who never learned to wait and rest in God.
I am sharing a short testimony shared by a girl who learned to wait as shared to me.
The waiting was long. The hours, days and years slid by silently. Nothing seemed to happen. Dina prayed. But the Heavens seemed still. “They say pray and God will answer, but where is God?” thought Dina almost bitterly.
Dina was praying for a promotion in her job. Then, she was praying for a husband. Her friends were all married, yet the door of marriage slammed closed on Dina’s life. The “right man” did not seem to come along. Dina spent her days feeling lonely and alone.
Early one morning, Dina took a little walk on the beach as her home was close to the beach. She walked along, looking at the blue sea waves rolling over the golden powdery sand and swishing back with a new force. She thought suddenly, “The waves are surrendering to the shore and going back gently and peacefully to the sea, the power of surrender! “I surrender all my desires to you Lord, whatever you will!” With the words “surrender” echoing on her lips, something powerful transpired. A warm Presence filled her soul. In the silence of waiting, Dina lost her fears for she surrendered to the Creator of time and space, what could be greater? Come what may….
Surrendering to nothing brings only wind and storm. Surrendering to God, the very Creator of all is the greatest thing one can do. Waiting in silence and losing all fears is powerful and transforming. That day, Dina got a word from the Bible “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart!” Psalm 37:4. In surrender, Dina experienced new life. In that waiting, she let go and let God and then her miracle happened. Heaven did lift its veil at its appointed time.
Rita
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