Weekly Devotional - Aaron Green
"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." -Psalm 27:13-14
There is this theme that is constant throughout the entire Bible: wait on the Lord. Perhaps you have heard it this way: God is never too early or too late, He is always right on time. These make for great bumper stickers of course, but are much harder for us to accept in everyday life. This is especially true for those that have felt God was incredibly late, or didn't show up at all for their loved one or themself in a crisis. When trouble comes we can think God is distant, angry, or unconcerned with our plight. In the small book, A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis is reflecting on the sudden death of a wife he had been married to for less than 10 years., maybe even less than 5. He writes that his cries to the Lord were met with a door slammed in his face. The Christian response to all of this still is, wait on the Lord. Either, God will redeem and restore in this life, or He will redeem and restore in the next. No matter what happens, good or ill, if our hearts are oriented towards Him, you are exactly where you should be. As Pastor Pete said multiple times this past Sunday, "It is as God intends... for right now." Now, to be clear, we don't always know the 'why' of the place we find ourselves in at any given moment in our life. I'm not sure there is any answer that would 'make it all better' for C.S. Lewis in his moment of loss. Saying it is as God intends for right now does NOT mean God is the author of your chaos. It DOES mean that our faith (ie. trust) will sustain us, and get you through to the point where all things are made right and well. When He wipes every tear from our eyes, and we see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. We wait on the Lord because there is nothing for us to do, but wait; to abide. To not wait upon the Lord means we feel the need to take matters into our own hands. We begin to micromanage everything in our life; the people and situations in our life, and we quickly lose grip and control of reality. We spiral, and then we are forced to wait on the Lord so He can fix our mess. The Scriptures are trying to save you years of heartache, regret, and anxiety by telling you that there is essentially one thing that God requires in our trust: wait on Him. If we trust in Him, we are exactly where we should be... for now. It is as God intends. For now. Abide. Breathe. Abide.
Challenge:
This week, try eliminating hurry and micromanaging your life. Sit in a period of silent reflection, and actually wait upon the Lord. Allow Him to gently speak over the worries and concerns of your life, and provide space for His spirit to envelop your whole being. Take intentional breathes and reflect on the statement: It is as God intends... for now.
There is this theme that is constant throughout the entire Bible: wait on the Lord. Perhaps you have heard it this way: God is never too early or too late, He is always right on time. These make for great bumper stickers of course, but are much harder for us to accept in everyday life. This is especially true for those that have felt God was incredibly late, or didn't show up at all for their loved one or themself in a crisis. When trouble comes we can think God is distant, angry, or unconcerned with our plight. In the small book, A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis is reflecting on the sudden death of a wife he had been married to for less than 10 years., maybe even less than 5. He writes that his cries to the Lord were met with a door slammed in his face. The Christian response to all of this still is, wait on the Lord. Either, God will redeem and restore in this life, or He will redeem and restore in the next. No matter what happens, good or ill, if our hearts are oriented towards Him, you are exactly where you should be. As Pastor Pete said multiple times this past Sunday, "It is as God intends... for right now." Now, to be clear, we don't always know the 'why' of the place we find ourselves in at any given moment in our life. I'm not sure there is any answer that would 'make it all better' for C.S. Lewis in his moment of loss. Saying it is as God intends for right now does NOT mean God is the author of your chaos. It DOES mean that our faith (ie. trust) will sustain us, and get you through to the point where all things are made right and well. When He wipes every tear from our eyes, and we see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. We wait on the Lord because there is nothing for us to do, but wait; to abide. To not wait upon the Lord means we feel the need to take matters into our own hands. We begin to micromanage everything in our life; the people and situations in our life, and we quickly lose grip and control of reality. We spiral, and then we are forced to wait on the Lord so He can fix our mess. The Scriptures are trying to save you years of heartache, regret, and anxiety by telling you that there is essentially one thing that God requires in our trust: wait on Him. If we trust in Him, we are exactly where we should be... for now. It is as God intends. For now. Abide. Breathe. Abide.
Challenge:
This week, try eliminating hurry and micromanaging your life. Sit in a period of silent reflection, and actually wait upon the Lord. Allow Him to gently speak over the worries and concerns of your life, and provide space for His spirit to envelop your whole being. Take intentional breathes and reflect on the statement: It is as God intends... for now.
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