Waiting on the Lord

I hate waiting.  I really do.  If I have a slow foursome playing in front of me at the Golf course, I get impatient and I want to hit one at them.  (I don't, but I want to).  If I have to wait in traffic I get frustrated.  Long lines at WalMart drive me crazy.  If I have to wait on my computer to process over 3 seconds, I get frustrated. I am NOT a patient man.  I admit it.
Now, with that being said I also know that God often requires us to wait upon Him.

Psalm 5:2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,
    for I pray to no one but you.
3 Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord.
    Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.

Psalm 27:13 Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness
    while I am here in the land of the living.
14 Wait patiently for the Lord.
    Be brave and courageous.
    Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.

Psalm 62:5 Let all that I am wait quietly before God,
    for my hope is in him.

All good verses and certainly show that God often expects us to wait FOR Him.
So what do we do when we are waiting and the answers aren't coming?  What do we do when the pressures mount and it seems like we aren't hearing anything?

I have been searching this out recently because I am in a season of waiting upon the Lord.  I struggle with this and I want to know what it is He wants from me and I want to know now!  But God is asking me to be patient and wait.  So here is what I am learning.  I am learning that He knows me better than I know myself. He knows what I need and the desires of my heart. I can be rest assured that God loves me and He has my best interest at heart. I need to be patient as I wait on the Lord, the everlasting God. I need to be at peace and let my strength renew.


Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.


So you see God knows and I do not.  He hasn't lost sight of me or forgotten about me.  He is wanting me to trust Him and His lovingkindness.  He wants me to stop trying to figure it out and just sit tight and BELIEVE in Him.  So I wait and I trust.

Proverb 3:5,6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

So, no real revelation here...wait and trust, wait and trust, wait and trust.  This is what I must do. Why? Because I got nothing.  I got no answers.  BUT, I know who does.  So I wait and trust.
Take care,
Rod