Waiting on God

Devotions 4/27/2009

Portions of different devotions I read through this morning how they spoke to me.

WAITING ON GOD BY. ANDREW MURRAY

Waiting on God: For instruction

Ps. 25:4-5
Show me Thy ways, O Lord;teach me thy paths. Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me; for thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day.

Waiting on God before going to battle

When an army is going into battle it’s imperative that they wait for supplies for the battle but it is equally important theat they wait for their orders and instructions for the battle.

Similarly, in the christian life it is just as important to wait on instructions from the Lord such as where to invest our time or financial resources as it is to wait on supplies for the work God is sending you to do.

The writer of Psalm 25 loved and thought of God’s wor dthroughout the day
He knew thinking of the Law was not sufficient to see God’s word apply to His life but he needed God to speak to Him about the individual issues going on in his life(refer to message on the Rhema word of God).

In this Psalm we see David’s emotional need for God’s direct teachings and His childlike confidence God was willing to speak to him.

Spend a few minutes thinking about and praying over the Psalm until your heart is filled with the absolute need you have for God and the absolute provision that god will meet that need.

HOW INTERESTED DO YOU THINK YOUR FATHER IS IN KEEPING YOUR LIFE AT EVERY POINT IN HIS WILL AND IN HIS LOVE? HE SO DESIRES THIS THAT HE IS WILLING TO KEEP YOUR GUIDANCE ENTIRELY IN HIS OWN HAND.

He knows that we are unable to do what is really holy and heavenly- except he works it in us- that’s why He desires to lead us thoughout the entire day.

Does He want to lead and direct us only in the special difficulties of life? No, it’s in the common course of life that He’s looking to capture our attention that He could so intimately lead us along.

What is needed in us to receive this guidance?

The one thing that is necessary it to wait on God. David said, “on Thee do I wait all the day.” We must be conscious that we’re ignorant to what God’s way is and be still and listening in prayer. We must wait quietly and allow God’s restful assurance to fill our hearts and minds.

What is God’s purpose in having us wait on Him

God’s desire is to cultivate and create in us a continual “LOOKING UPWARDS ALL THE DAY.” What is needed for us to learn this lifestyle? Two things: 1. The wisdom and understanding that God alone has the knowledge and what we nedd and 2. The faith that He is ready be to us all that we need and could possible require.
If only we saw our God in his love, if only we believed He waits to be gracious, that he waits to be our life and to work all in us.

Prayer

Lord, teach us to wait on You life David waited on You. May our eyes be opened to Your desire to lead us to Your will and ways that fills us with all the sufficiency and life that we need and long for.