And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?’” Esther 4:13-14. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. “ Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, ‘ Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt” Genesis 45:5-8. So it was not you who sent me here, but God. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. “And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience” Romans 8:24-25. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also” John 14:1-3. “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” Isaiah 64:4. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare before they spring forth I tell you of them’” Isaiah 42:5-9. I am the LORD that is my name my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. “Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: ‘I am the LORD I have called you in righteousness I will take you by the hand and keep you I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you anoint my head with oil my cup overflows” Psalm 23:4-5. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Bible Verses about the Lord Moving behind the Scenes Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint” Isaiah 40:29-31. “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly” Psalm 52:8-9. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. “But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. “But for you, O LORD, do I wait it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer” Psalm 38:15. Don ’ t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes” Psalm 37:7, NLT. “Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act.
“Wait for the LORD be strong, and let your heart take courage wait for the LORD!” Psalm 27:14 I do expect God to provide and I can rest in the knowledge that His provision will be better than anything I try to force on my own. My position of waiting isn’t passive, it’s staying put and resting in expectation. I can’t move forward until God provides the second half of my miracle. “To stay or rest in expectation to stop or remain stationary, till the arrival of some person or event.” This definition hits home in my own situation. Webster’s Dictionary 1828 gives a few definitions that catch my attention. The question is, will I wait on His provision or try to force my own outcome? What Does it Mean to Wait on the Lord?īefore we go any further, we need to understand what the word wait really means. It’s incredibly hard to be still and wait for Lord to provide, but I know that He will because He already has. However, in order to receive that gift, one more piece needs to fall into place. He has already provided a miracle, a gift I’ve been desiring for years.
Everything in me screams, “Just do it!” However, I know this is a time where I need to wait on the Lord. Too often I get ahead of God and try to accomplish things I’m not ready for. But that’s often not in our best interest. As humans, our nature is to go it alone, try to accomplish things in our own strength, and take control of the situation. Waiting on the Lord is one of the hardest things we’ll ever have to do.
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