We must not only think of our waiting upon God, but also of what is more wonderful still, of God’s waiting upon us. The vision of Him waiting on us, will give new impulse and inspiration to our waiting upon Him. It will give us unspeakable confidence that our waiting cannot be in vain. Let us seek even now, at this moment, to in the spirit of waiting on God, to find out something of what it means. He has inconceivably glorious purposes, concerning every one of His children. And you ask, “How is it, if He waits to be gracious, that even after I come and wait upon Him, He does not give the help I seek, but waits on longer and longer?”
God is a wise husbandman, “who waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it.” He cannot gather the fruit till it is ripe. He knows when we are spiritually ready to receive the blessing to our profit and His glory. Waiting in the sunshine of His love is what will ripen the soul for His blessing. Waiting under the cloud of trial, that breaks in showers of blessings, is as needful. Be assured that if God waits longer than you could wish, it is only to make the blessing doubly precious. God waited four thousand years, till the fullness of time, ere He sent His Son. Our times are in His hands; He will avenge His elect speedily; He will make haste for our help, and not delay one hour too long.
~Andrew Murray~
Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
~Saint Augustine~
We see no reason for dealings so dark and mysterious, but He has a noble end and object in view; to see them as everlasting pillars and rafters in His heavenly Zion; to make them a “crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of our God.”
~Macduff~
There is no patience so hard as that which endures, “as seeing him who is invisible”; it is the waiting for hope.
Give me this divine power of Thine, the power of Gethsemane. Give me the power to wait for hope itself, to look out from the casement where there are no stars. Give me the power, when the very joy that was set before me is gone, to stand unconquered amid the night and say, “To the eye of my Father it is perhaps shining still.” I shall reach the climax of strength when I have learned to wait for hope.
~George Matheson~
Melissa, I still cry through the slideshow of our miracle baby, and for most of those same reasons. I’m glad it was a blessing to you, and I hope that someday soon you too can celebrate the birthday of another little one. 🙂 Feel free to email me at abbecker at turbonet dot com anytime!
Andrew Murray’s words are beautiful and strengthening. Grace to you this weekend, Melissa, and *thank you* for sharing what you have found in your trials and blessings with the rest of us.
Love
Bobbi
Thank you for these promises, truths and quotes on waiting. I have never put it into that perspective before…about God waiting on us. If we think He may be slow at times, wow can I imagine how slow He must think we are!
These quotes are familiar to me. Just 3 days ago, I was reading the one by Saint Augustine and writing it down to remember.
Thanks for sharing!
*Hugs*