Wait for the Lord

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." -- Psalm 27:14

I've always figured I was in the ladies' room when God passed out patience. I don't have any. I know. I'm supposed to have it. We all are. It's a fruit of the spirit. I like fruit. I want to be patient. It's just that I want it right now.

God has a different timetable than me. He has a masterplan. He wrote it. He really does know what He's doing. I don't have a clue, so I'm winging it as I go.

I've been taking a bible study on Esther. It's wonderful! It's amazing what you learn when you take it slowly. I'm at the part where Queen Esther invites the King and Haman to a banquet to honor them. Now her goal is to convince the King that he needs to stop Haman's plan to kill all the Jews. What a perfect opportunity! Except that instead of answering the King when he asks what she wants -- and indicates she'll get it, I might add -- she invited the two men back to another banquet the next night. Talk about suspense. Then God does His God thing. The King can't sleep but he does remember that Mordecai the Jew saved his life. He decides to reward him. Had Esther brought up the subject at the first banquet, the king wouldn't have remembered that the man Haman was determined to hang was the very man who saved the king from an assassination plot. See, God had it all planned out ahead of time. He knew what He was doing!

I remind myself of that very point whenever I get anxious and want to take things into my own hands to move them along a little faster. God knows what He's doing. I need to just take a deep breath and let it out slowly. His plan will unfold in His time in His perfect way.