When God is Silent

When God is silent--we are to still worship and serve HIM. "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 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." (Isaiah 40:28-31)(emphasis mine).

Waiting is not easy. In our wordly lifestyle, we are not always applauded for waiting. In fact, waiting generally costs us something. "Getting things done" is what society requires.

In our walk with Christ, we are to do all things as if we are doing them for the the Lord. (Colossians 3:23-24). Waiting on God does not say that we are to be lackluster and a sluggard in what we do. Instead, we are to prepare our hearts and focus our minds on aligning our will with His. We are to place our trust in God that His plan trumps ours and that He knows so much better than we do on what the future holds.

Waiting on God is an act of obedience on our part. We are saying, in essence, that it is not about my will, but that His be done.