In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.
Psalm 5:3
I get the praying in the morning, really I do. I’m pretty good with that. And I get the part about laying my requests before him. I’m good at that too.
It’s that last part that is the kicker…”wait expectantly.” I am not a good waiter. No, I usually want my requests heard and answered in a timely fashion. Of course, I mean “MY” timely fashion.
When I read “Pray about everything; then, leave outcomes up to me.” in Jesus Calling I actually stopped, went back and re-read it, then re-read it again. It resonated with me throughout the day.
I found myself pausing at the semi-colon, and pausing again at the comma after then. Read it without pausing. Then read it with the pauses. Do you see a difference?
I think Jesus wants us to take a step back and pause once we pray about something. He wants us to have a comma in our prayer life. He wants us to wait.
Wait upon him.
Waiting is hard for me. I like to get things done in a timely fashion and I want others to be on the same timetable as me.
I am a bit of a control freak. Can you see that? But I am not the one in control.
I am not the one in charge.
In the big scheme of things, I am pretty small.
So I am going to try to pause.
To wait.
To see what He has in store. It might be different than I envision, but I need to stop.
Step back and see what He can do. This is, after all, His story…not mine.
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YES, YES, YES!!! This has been on my heart lately…it's one of the reasons I haven't been blogging much…I'm just soaking in the semi colon;) Waiting on Him…
love this, friend. love you, too.
(and thrilled we're neighbors over at Jennifer's place!)
Hi Mary,
Like you, I'm not great at the waiting part, but what I like so much about this verse is "and wait expectantly." Wait, knowing that God is there, and He will take care of everything. Maybe not how I want or when I want, but He WILL take care of it all.
(Stopped over this morning from #TellHisStory.)
Blessings,
Laura
Take a step back and pause. Wow. That's good advice, Mary. I've already been crying out to God this morning for help, please help. But I'm not sure I stepped back and paused….doing that now. It's not too late to wait.
We are at a point, my husband and I, where we are waiting expectantly on several major issues. It is a crazy place to find ourselves midlife and yet this is our current reality. It is teaching us how to better let go and trust God for whatever outcomes He brings or allows. Soul stretching can be painful, Mary!! Thanks for stopping by Longings End today.
Mary, this is good stuff… Lately, my challenge has been to not get discouraged at the semi-colon, but waiting with expectation,knowing that however He chooses to end the sentence, will be perfect!
Thanks so much!
Blessings to you ~ Mary
Dear Mary
When we think of prayer as the conversation with our Pappa God it actually is, it should stand to reason that both parties involved in this conversation need a time to speak. Otherwise it would only be a monologue, don't you think! I think we should listen much more often for that still, small voice to respond than just babbling away like we are so good at doing!!
Much love XX
Mia