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Wait and Trust

by Jerry Ousley  
11/01/2008 / Christian Living

We Americans don't like to wait and we often have a hard time with trust. We don't like to wait on our food. We have created a vast complex of fast foods. We invented drive-through windows so that we can pick up our food and never leave our cars. It's even become popular to have drive-through windows at drug stores and banks. We expect to drive up to that window and "get-er-done" nearly without even having to stop. We'd like to just roll on through.

The other day I stopped at a local fast food place to pick up supper for Deb and I. I was in a hurry and wanted to go through the drive-through, but when I arrived I saw that the line at the window had more cars in it than were sitting in the parking lot. I guess there were others who had the same idea as us that day.

I found out that it was quicker to just park, get out of the car and go inside, than it was to go through the drive-through. After I got my food and went back to the car I noticed that some of the automobiles that were in line when I went in were still in line when I came out. It makes you wonder sometimes which way is the fastest doesn't it?

After seeing some of the news programs on TV it is becoming more difficult to trust people as well. They have depicted horror stories of what some restaurant workers do to people's food before it is served. We won't go into that today because, well, I'd just rather thank the Lord for my food and not think about the process it's gone through before I get it. You don't see those aspects of it advertised in those delectable commercials.

The Old Testament is full of examples of waiting and trusting on God. Particularly with the kings of Judah and Israel, we see many instances where the leaders of their respective countries did wait and trust on God, and were rewarded for it, as well as those who didn't wait and trust on God, and suffered from that.

King Asa was one of them. He stands out because he did both. You'd think that after experiencing the blessing of waiting on and trusting in God he'd do it over and over again. But he didn't. We read first of how Judah was faced with a million man army from Ethiopia. Asa sought God about it, waited for His answer and trusted in that answer and consequently won an historic battle. It was miraculous.

But several years later he was confronted by their sister nation of Israel. They had a much smaller army. I can't imagine what was going through his mind. You'd think he'd remember the great victory God had given him against the Ethiopians. Instead he called on, and paid the armies of Egypt and Syria to help him. It blew up in his face and he suffered greatly because of it. Israel defeated Judah and they had to give up all their riches because of it. We're quick to criticize but often we are guilty of the same thing.

There is great benefit to waiting on God and trusting in Him. In Isaiah 30:18 we read, "Blessed are all those who wait for Him." The chapter goes on to list some of the ways we are blessed. Verse 19 says, "You shall weep no more." Verse 21 says, "Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it.'" This indicates that we'll be given Divine guidance. And verse 29 tells us that we will have a song, telling us that we will find happiness. Good things come to those who wait and trust in God. It isn't always easy. If it were, King Asa would never have put his trust in man. We're tempted to do it ourselves and in our own way. But as hard as waiting can be, wait on God. Don't move without His answer. When He gives it then trust Him. He won't let you down and in the end things will turn out alright.

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge.

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