Always Emily

I’m convinced God’s favorite thing to do in our personal relationship is tell me to wait.

And that is exactly what He did recently when I asked for an answer.

He had been silent on a particular prayer for a while, and I was begging Him to just tell me what to do. “David knew he was anointed,” I said to Him in my prayer. “He had to wait to be king, but he knew he was anointed for it. If you just told me what to do, I’d do it.”

He let me sleep on it, and then answered my prayer with the Bible verse of the day. “I wait for the Lord; I wait and put my hope in his word.” Psalm 130:5

Two feelings came over me: 1: relief that He had answered and I knew what to do, and 2: disappointment that there was more waiting in store.

I decided to read the whole Psalm, not just the highlighted verse, and so many things stuck out to me and spoke to my situation, but verse 6 really caught my attention: “I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning — more than watchmen for the morning.”

Watchmen for the morning. I imagined these watchmen sitting on guard on a stone castle wall, their eyes trained on the horizon.

They don’t wonder if the sun will rise. They don’t wait in dread and anxiety, doubting that it will happen.

Watchmen for the morning count the hours until dawn. They expect to see the rays come over the horizon. They know the sun is coming, and will light up their whole sky.

God was asking me to wait, yes. But wait with expectation. To know that He is coming—that His promises are good and true. That the blessings aren’t a ‘maybe’ or an ‘if,’ but as sure as the sunrise with each new day.

What are you waiting on God to do in your life?

Are you waiting for His promises to come to fruition, as true as the sunrise? Or are you scanning the horizon, doubtful that any beam of light will ever break through the morning fog?

Take your worries and fears to God. Lay them at His feet—be honest with how you feel about this waiting, His silence, your doubt.

And keep your eyes on that horizon; the sun is going to rise.

Always,

Emily