Lamentations 3:25, The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.

I led my youngest child to the front entryway to gather her shoes and put them on. Insisting on the sparkly ones, she lamented that she was unable to pull the straps over her chubby little feet. I insisted that she has indeed put these particular shoes on- all by herself- many times before. As I visually watched the clock on the shelf ticking the seconds forward, those precious seconds disappearing into the air like vapour, I opened my mouth and told my child, “Please hurry up”.

A few more seconds passed by, those too vanishing, and I overheard my husband call out to his rag-tag army of little women, “Let’s go! Please hurry up.”

Far too often I usher my children forward in attempt to capture time that no longer belongs to me. Far too often I release into the air breathless pleading for them to hurry along. Far too often, far too many of us do.

But not once have I heard The Lord speak to me in such a manner. Not once has my soul become restless and burdened by His demands. Because He does not make demands of me. Not once have I sensed the words ‘please hurry up’ drop into my wayward heart.

No, those words I have not heard. Quite the opposite I have experienced many a time in this chaotic dance of mine. I heard these particular words when I stilled myself in His presence today:

Beloved, slow down. Wait on Me.

I sensed something deep within them. I know that we are to wait for The Lord. I know that He has a most magnificent plan laid out in a most complex blueprint. Each destination never a place for us to dawdle, but a place for us grow in preparation for the next destination.

We are to wait for the kingdom calendar. The appointed times God has planned are the appointed times that will befit us our greatest success and accomplishments. Of this I have great peace and will continue to wait for The Lord knowing that His plans are better than my own.

As I pondered His words this day, a most beautiful clarity broke through these cloudy thoughts of mine.

Beloved…, Wait on Me.

Yes, I am waiting for The Lord. This is not new. I wait, I wait often. And He knows that I will continue to wait for Him until He takes me home. His words felt like an encouragement to my soul. He is encouraging me to wait on Him.

To serve Him. The Lord is nudging me to serve Him in the waiting. And now, I will never ponder those three little words the same again.

Father, thank you for your nudging. Thank you for your clarity. Thank you that you hold within your hands a great plan for each and every one of us. And thank you that your timing is always perfect in all that we do. Amen.

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