Waiting…

February 14, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

    When you are sitting in the Doctor’s office waiting your turn, it seems like the longest time in the world. In fact, if you are really sick, or have a painful problem that needs looking into, it can feel like it is an eternity. While you are waiting for your turn to see the doctor, you are also waiting for the Doctor to help. You not only want to have a turn to see the Doctor, but you are also putting hope and trust in the fact that when you do finally get your turn, this Doctor will be able to do something to help your situation. While you are waiting, you are waiting.

    That is what today’s verse implies. It says, “I waited patiently.” It has the meaning of, While waiting for the Lord; I am also waiting on the Lord. While waiting for His return, that day in which He will come and take us to heaven to be with him, we are also waiting on the Lord, or placing confidence in Him, that He will also handle our daily needs and hear our every prayer. Then the last part of this verse says just that. He hears our cry.   

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     On this Valentine’s Day, what better picture of a “Love Story” is there than this? We as the bride look longingly for our groom, Jesus, to come back to take us to His home. We love Him so because He first loved us. He is our Saviour who died for our sins, who made a place for us in heaven, and we are waiting. At the same time, He is the one who lives to make intercession for us today, who listens to us daily and shows us His love in so many ways. What a “LOVE STORY” indeed. We wait patiently for and on the Lord.

While waiting for and on the Lord, what will you do for Him?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  February 14, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Exodus 34, 35 – Psalm 40
Proverbs 14 – Luke 6

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Leviticus 4-6 – Matthew 26:57-75