Who Exactly Is Waiting?

 

But for You, O LORD,

       do I wait.

It is You, O LORD my God,

      who will answer.

             Psalm 38. 15

(Do we wait on the LORD

    or barge right through?

Do we even give God

   the space to squeeze in,

   enter and move?

Answering is not

   the only action verb here.

But listening, waiting,

     watching and responding.

Waiting is not at all about

     God's ability to act.

His answers don't fit

  on the short dotted line we allot,

but a shelf of 800-page volumes

     would not be enough.

It is, perhaps, on us

       that He waits

to get a word in edgewise.)

O LORD,

Please grant us 

not just the strength

      to wait,

but how to wait.

You never meant

   for waiting to be

   a passive verb,

but a passage through.

Waiting is being aware

     of Your Presence

          and dwelling in it

in unexpected places,

when we would rather be

       somewhere else.

Please help us

   to trust You

in Your divine appointments,

Your precise timing, and

Your strategic positioning,

         for Your glory.

You have shown us 

that waiting is not about

         what is next

but what is eternal.