Make Room In The Waiting
MAKE ROOM IN THE WAITING
It was a rather cold morning, but the sky was already turning blue as we drove into town for breakfast. I had slipped away with my son for our weekly man time, as Jack likes to call it. There we were with Bibles open and journals ready, his little fingers a touch greasy from the "candy bacon biscuit." We read a few verses in Isaiah. Then Jack said with excitement in his voice, “Hey Dad! Did you know that when Isaiah told everyone that Jesus would be born it was 700 years before it actually happened?”
That is an incredibly long wait.
Isaiah 40:31 is a very familiar verse. "...but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." This is written with beautiful motivational poetry. Honestly, it inspires me to wait upon the LORD.
Have you ever wondered how Isaiah 40 begins? Isaiah writes in verse 3, "A voice cries: 'In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the dessert a highway for our God." If you know your Bible, this is the text Matthew and Luke reference when they announce the ministry of John the Baptist. Isaiah starts with a prophetic announced of one who would prepare the way for Jesus, and he ends by telling God's people to wait.
That's an incredibly long time to wait.
I was talking with my good friend Chad Graves about making room during Advent. He said, "What we need is already on its way. That's what advent is all about." God has what we need, it's simply in the waiting.
So, don't tap out now. No need to throw in the towel just yet. Wait for the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. (Isaiah 40:28) Hold out for the one who does not faint or grow
weary. (Isaiah 40:28)
It may be a long wait.
It may be waiting for the relationship to heal.
It may be waiting for a job to open up.
It may be waiting for your prodigal teenager to return home.
It may be waiting through the pain, the storm, or the fire.
Strength is renewed in waiting on the LORD. (Isaiah 40:31)
We are preconditioned for hurry not waiting. So, Advent becomes a deliberate season where we wait. My children are counting down the days before Christmas. A simply exercise in the art of waiting. They are learning to slow down and simply wait. Slowing is considered a spiritual discipline to many. John Ortberg defined it as "cultivating patience by deliberately choosing to place ourselves in positions where we simply have to wait.”
Let's wait together, and make room in the waiting for the one who renews our strength in the waiting.
KING OF KINGS
Lyrics (Verse 1, Chorus)
In the darkness we were waiting
Without hope, without light
'Til from Heaven You came running
There was mercy in Your eyes
To fulfill the law and prophets
To a virgin came the word
From a throne of endless glory
To a cradle in the dirt
Praise the Father, praise the Son
Praise the Spirit, three in one
God of glory, Majesty
Praise forever to the King of Kings
It was a rather cold morning, but the sky was already turning blue as we drove into town for breakfast. I had slipped away with my son for our weekly man time, as Jack likes to call it. There we were with Bibles open and journals ready, his little fingers a touch greasy from the "candy bacon biscuit." We read a few verses in Isaiah. Then Jack said with excitement in his voice, “Hey Dad! Did you know that when Isaiah told everyone that Jesus would be born it was 700 years before it actually happened?”
That is an incredibly long wait.
Isaiah 40:31 is a very familiar verse. "...but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." This is written with beautiful motivational poetry. Honestly, it inspires me to wait upon the LORD.
Have you ever wondered how Isaiah 40 begins? Isaiah writes in verse 3, "A voice cries: 'In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the dessert a highway for our God." If you know your Bible, this is the text Matthew and Luke reference when they announce the ministry of John the Baptist. Isaiah starts with a prophetic announced of one who would prepare the way for Jesus, and he ends by telling God's people to wait.
That's an incredibly long time to wait.
I was talking with my good friend Chad Graves about making room during Advent. He said, "What we need is already on its way. That's what advent is all about." God has what we need, it's simply in the waiting.
So, don't tap out now. No need to throw in the towel just yet. Wait for the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. (Isaiah 40:28) Hold out for the one who does not faint or grow
weary. (Isaiah 40:28)
It may be a long wait.
It may be waiting for the relationship to heal.
It may be waiting for a job to open up.
It may be waiting for your prodigal teenager to return home.
It may be waiting through the pain, the storm, or the fire.
Strength is renewed in waiting on the LORD. (Isaiah 40:31)
We are preconditioned for hurry not waiting. So, Advent becomes a deliberate season where we wait. My children are counting down the days before Christmas. A simply exercise in the art of waiting. They are learning to slow down and simply wait. Slowing is considered a spiritual discipline to many. John Ortberg defined it as "cultivating patience by deliberately choosing to place ourselves in positions where we simply have to wait.”
Let's wait together, and make room in the waiting for the one who renews our strength in the waiting.
KING OF KINGS
Lyrics (Verse 1, Chorus)
In the darkness we were waiting
Without hope, without light
'Til from Heaven You came running
There was mercy in Your eyes
To fulfill the law and prophets
To a virgin came the word
From a throne of endless glory
To a cradle in the dirt
Praise the Father, praise the Son
Praise the Spirit, three in one
God of glory, Majesty
Praise forever to the King of Kings
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