Wait on the Lord

Psalm 27:13-14

“13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”

As a child, it seemed that Christmas would never come.  Between the time that we decorated the tree and Christmas Eve seemed like an eternity.  Of course we were waiting and yearning for material things; for the gifts that Santa would bring.

Now, as an adult, it seems that the season of Christmas passes too quickly.  Before I know it, it has come and gone.  Something in the speed of Christmas seems wrong.  We are no longer waiting, but struggling to keep pace.

Dallas Willard, a professor known for his writings on spiritual formation, once wrote that you cannot be in a hurry and develop spiritually.  “We should take as our aim to live our lives entirely without hurry. The peace and joy and strength which God intended for human life, the well-being and health of mind and body, is inconsistent with living in a hurry.”

As Christians, we are to wait on the Lord.  In all things, we are to wait. In this waiting, we will find God’s goodness. And in this goodness will be strengthened.  

May the love of Christ be with you,

Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)