March 16

“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:26

Our challenge today!

In proverbs it tells us that hope deferred leads to a heavy heart. Have you ever hoped for something and it took what seemed to be forever before it came? It doesn’t seem so good as this passage says it is while you are going through it, but the waiting does something to us, it causes us to grow in faith, it causes us to lean more on God, assuming that he is the one that we are waiting on. In our waiting because it is so difficult to wait we find that it is even more difficult to wait quietly, Oh my! How hard it is to wait quietly, it is so much like it goes against every fiber of our being. So much that it seems to drain us of all our joy and strength, leaving us empty and spent, until that day that Jesus finally comes through for us. Have you ever wondered why it has to be like this? The answer is here; “it is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait” what’s so good about it? We learn, we grow, and we rejoice through its accomplishment! We did it! Jesus helped us through and he did it! He did it! And we did it!

Wow what a savior! Hope and wait because he is coming soon