God blesses the one who waits in Him

Sometimes we despair. Our own humanity is upon us and the Lord watches us in the carnal conflict of magnifying our will or simply waiting for him to act so that the winds blow in our favor . Jesus waited for the Father, even knowing in advance his destiny of blood and suffering, but he put his role as Redeemer of the world before a cruel death. He waited for his disciples to mature and really know him before ascending to the right hand of the Father; he waited for his own to know him, but they despised and humiliated him; Despite our rebellions, He waited patiently for you and me.

Christians do not have hunches, but revelation. When you have the feeling of a supernatural introspection, there is God trying to get your attention, wanting to speak to your soul to take you to the realm of the spiritual. When he tells you to wait; wait, because in that hope is the best to come for your life; trust and seek in your heart the voice of the Lord to avoid bad decisions. Most of the setbacks that happen to Christians occur because their impatience leads them to humanly decide what God has already decided and wants to reveal to him. This is one of the benefits and necessities of living in communion with God by practicing a life of prayer.

David was a man after God's own heart by his entire fellowship with him. Except for two terrible setbacks, the results of sad decisions in his life, he knew how to delight in the presence of the Lord, even in the worst moments of crisis of his life. God was so ingrained in his soul (his mind, his will and his decisions) that when he spoke to him, it seemed that he was speaking to God himself. “Why do you despair, my soul, and why are you troubled within me? Wait on God, for I have to praise him again. He is the salvation of my being, and my God! " (Ps 43.5) My underlining.

This is a powerful statement from David. The salvation we have received from God makes us praise him. Isn't waiting on him a beautiful way to praise him? So why be upset and despair if we know very well that God is in control of our lives? Unless we have not enthroned it in our being ... and here may be our problem; in those "hidden" areas of our being that we still do not surrender to the Lord of Lords. But nothing is hidden from our creator.

There are scores of troubled and downcast Christians who do not know the blessing of waiting on the Lord and crash against the walls of despair and impatience. Impatience can turn into a spiritual labyrinth that no matter how hard you try to navigate to find your way out, it leads to frustrations and bitterness. God wants you to learn to wait on Him. In his constant dialogue with God, at moments when human forces seemed to faint, David said to his soul "My soul, wait in silence only on God, because from Him comes my hope" (Ps 62.5-Underlining mine-). Confidence that God responds when we wait on Him should sap our whole being to make us praise Him with all our hearts. “Because I hope in you, oh Lord; you will answer, Lord my God. " (Ps 38.15)

What we have already heard from the pen of many applies here: believe in God or believe God. God blesses (responds) when we trust his plans and reject ours. The flesh, enemy of God and accomplice of the devil, tries to drag us into the gale that produces despair. Despair often leads us to disobedience and deification. But our Lord is a God of hope and wants to bless us: "And the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit" (Ro 15.13). God is telling you: wait on me!

God bless your Word!