psalm 13 . . . how long, o Lord? will You forget me forever? how long will You hide your face from me? how long must i take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? consider and answer me, o Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest i sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, "i have prevailed over him,"lest my foes rejoice because i am shaken. but i have trusted in Your steadfast love, my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. i will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.
i am shaken.
BUT.
i will sing to the Lord for He has, He has been good to me.
i will wait on You.
i will wait on You.
i will wait on You.
waiting Lord.
psalm 27:13-14 . . . i had fainted, unless i had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, i say, on the Lord.
psalm 37:5 . . . commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.
psalm 37:7 . . . rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him . . .
psalm 62:5-8 . . . my soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defense; i shall not be moved. in God is my salvation and my glory: the Rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.
isaiah 40:28 . . . hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
lamentations 3:25 . . . the Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeks Him.
micah 7:5-7 . . . put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend, guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms; for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. but as for me, i will look to the Lord; i will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
romans 8:24-25 . . . for in this hope we were saved. now hope that is seen is not hope. for who hopes for what he sees? but if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
psalm 46:1 . . . God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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"it's not faith if you're using your eyes." -- paramore
psalm 118- shane & shane
give thanks to the Lord for He is good
His love endures forever
He is my strength and He's my song
His love endures forever
i will proclaim what He has done
His love endures forever
i will enter and give thanks to Him
this holy gate the righteous may enter
i will give You thanks
You answered me, You are my salvation
this is the day the Lord has made
i will rejoice and be glad in it
this is the day the Lord has made
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i don't want to sound miserable. i'm not miserable. i'm simply in need. once again, the absolute best place. though not fun, i don't want to be anywhere else but on my knees before the Lord.
being in a place where the Word is your only comfort is a challenge, but a blessing. this is simply a season, and a season which the Lord's faithfulness and holy Word will get me through.
i know with one word You can answer my plea in my favor, but Lord, Your will, not mine. learning to wait is a joy. i'm finding joy in knowing You are at work. and in the blessings of Your timing.
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have you ever ended up somewhere, not sure how you got there? then the Lord uses it to bless all involved? yesterday, the Lord took a group of us into a gift shop where He showed His glorious face. His beautiful face. in the eyes of a hurting mother, in the hugs of an encouraging body, in the words of four friends simply basking in His presence.
thank You Jesus for these times.
Friday, February 26, 2010
i will wait on You.
Posted by ooohemily at 8:34 AM
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i often feel like david in the psalms because of how much i cry out in need to the Lord, but that really is the best place to be.
"ive seen it all and its never enough, it keeps leaving me needing you."- lifehouse.
im in the season of learning to wait as well. and its not even really learning to wait. its accepting it. His timing is so perfect and where He has you is exactly where He wants you. you know all this well, just reminding you that your best friend is there with you, even if im not there. i cant wait to look back on this time years from now and see everything that God has done because of it. because if you and i both know one thing, He is so faithful.
its never easy, but completely worth it. i love you more than you know.
I think you & I are in a similar place at times.....In the fact that you have this huge heart and desire for ministry and then you go through this process of ups and downs, finally getting to be in a place of ministry, specifically through SRT.....BUT, what we miss sometimes is the difference between expectation and expecting God to show up in a certain way. Sometimes, we simply have to walk into a situation or through a door, and let God do whatever God wants to do instead of walking through a door with a list of a, b, and c, and having God do EXACTLY that. It always leads to disappointment, when in the Word it tells us that hope doesn't disappoint. If this whole thing was exactly what you pictured you would have had no reason to learn or grow or take a step of faith. If it was everything you thought it'd be, it'd blind your heart and eyes towards gratefulness. If it was everything you thought it'd be, it might cloud your perspective when you look out at a room full of boys & girls desperately needing a spirit of purity in a world so against it. Continue to keep your eyes fixed ahead, louie giglio said 'expectancy paves the way for the miraculous' so expect God to move. Expect Him to deliver from sexual sin (even in the lives, ESPECIALLY in the lives of people so young), expect Him to seal commitments of purity, expect Him to form conversations, but also be open to Him doing all of these things in a way that may be different then you're thinking. HIS WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS, HIS THOUGHTS NOT OUR THOUGHTS. But their better.
Gosh I love you friend.
Keep fighting the GOOD FIGHT of faith.
You're being changed!!!
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