There may be no more frustrating word in our vocabulary than the word WAIT. This four letter word seems to surface at the exact moment our switch is on go, and in our immediate-access culture tolerance for waiting is equated to missing out.
Jeremiah was a prophet during times when God’s chosen people had lost everything and were carried off into exile due to disobedience. They were in a hopeless situation. Amidst this time Jeremiah imparts this insight:
Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “ The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “ Therefore I hope in Him!”
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:22-26
Right in the middle of this overwhelming tragedy Jeremiah encourages the people to wait, which in Hebrew means to wait hopefully and with expectancy. It just may be now is a time in your life when you need to let the dust settle and wait on the Lord. “The Lord is good to those who wait for Him.”
