Bert's Good Stuff

    “WAIT!”...ugh, I hate waiting! It is an unwelcome companion of every day living: I wait at traffic lights, at the bank, to buy tickets, for my baggage, for the bathroom, to see the doctor (in the “waiting room”) I wait for phone calls, for the mail, in airports, in the E.R....wait..wait..wait... 
    In our study of Acts I suddenly realized that the great apostle Paul did a lot of waiting! He waited in Acts 23 for his accusers to arrive, in Acts 24 he waited for two days, and for Felix to question him, and then he waited for two years in prison at Caesarea for Festus , “for many days,”  then some more for King Agrippa, and more.     Why all this waiting? Paul, probably the greatest Christian of all, with the most important message in the entire universe, and only a few years of earth time to get that message to the world...why in the world would God let him be repeatedly sidetracked by these godless heathen politicians?  Well, the Bible has a lot to say about waiting.
    One of the key verses is Isa 40.31. It would be good to memorize it!

        “Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength,
        they will mount up with wings like eagles.”

    “Those who wait!” Waiting is the key. First comes the Spirit moving in the heart to teach us to get out of the way so the Lord can work. Then comes the test---the waiting begins... involving patience and learning The real waiting doesn’t really begin until the waiting becomes uncomfortable and inconvenient. And finally....wings!!
    The next time you are in a waiting situation (no doubt that will be today)...you can grumble and fret as usual, or you can remember that God is preparing you for wings --and  strength.....and rejoice.   

bh    April 26, 2008
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