Learning to Wait
In his first inaugural address President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) admitted that the United States of America had lost its way. "We don't know where we are going," he said, "but we are on our way." Isn’t that crazy?! What if you are on the wrong way? What if you are headed toward disaster? We don’t know where we are going, but we are on our way…to disaster!
Trust me, as a man with a long history of not wanting to stop and ask for directions (thank God for GPS) you can’t get to the right place if you are going in the wrong direction. Jeremiah helps us, "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." (6:16)
If you don’t know the right direction listen to Habakkuk’s advice, “I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me...” (2:1 ESV)
If you don’t know the right way, turn aside, seek after God through His Word, and pray for the Holy Spirit to direct you and then wait! Wait until He shows you the right path, wait until He points out the right road for you to follow, wait until He leads you by His truth and teaches you, for He is the God of your salvation, and He is worthy of our waiting for His directing. (Ps 25:4-5)
Trust me, as a man with a long history of not wanting to stop and ask for directions (thank God for GPS) you can’t get to the right place if you are going in the wrong direction. Jeremiah helps us, "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." (6:16)
If you don’t know the right direction listen to Habakkuk’s advice, “I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me...” (2:1 ESV)
If you don’t know the right way, turn aside, seek after God through His Word, and pray for the Holy Spirit to direct you and then wait! Wait until He shows you the right path, wait until He points out the right road for you to follow, wait until He leads you by His truth and teaches you, for He is the God of your salvation, and He is worthy of our waiting for His directing. (Ps 25:4-5)
Posted in Why Pray
Recent
Archive
2025
April
Rungs in the ladder of prayerThe Rung of ResidenceThe Prayer Rung of ComprehensionThe Rung of FullnessCommitment to PrayerChristlike in PrayerPrayer is the WorkHow to PrayPraying the ArmorHow to pray without ceasingPraying the PsalmsThree Kinds of PrayerWrite it DownGood Friday PrayerPraying with TozerPraying with Tozer part 2Praying with Tozer part 3Praying with John StottThree Keys to PrayerPraying with PaulPraying with PaulA Reason to Praise
May
Praying to Continue in the FaithPraying as I ReadKeeping in Step with the Holy SpiritA Page from my Prayer JournalLiving a Spirit Filled LifeSaturated in the Word as we Pray the WordAbounding in LovePraying for the LostFilled with the FullnessWalk by the SpiritLed by the SpiritLive by the SpiritKeep in Step with the SpiritSpiritual RhythmsLife is War so PrayChasing HolinessPrayer as a Wartime Walkie TalkieGod has given us everything we needChanged as we get to know GodDivine NatureAbba FatherAbba in HeavenHallowed be Your nameKingdom ComeYour will be doneGive us this day
June
Forgive UsAs we forgive othersDeliver us from evilAmenIntimacy and PrayerThe Manifest PresenceBoarder or ChildKnowledgeStrengthen me with PowerFullnessThat He May GrantA Work of the TrinityValley of VisionDoing what we're Created to DoThe Ultimate ArtistIntimacy with GodFour Circles of IntimacyFour Pictures of IntimacyI need to repent of my repentanceWe were made to worshipCome into His presence singingPray BoldlyWhy PrayDo You Pray?Equipment for PrayerPray and Expect God to Move
2024
No Comments