When It's Hard · Waiting
Waiting on God / Unanswered Prayer
For when you feel: how long, God is silent, still praying, no answer yet
I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
The MinuteHomily
You have prayed the same prayer so many times the words have worn smooth. David knew that place. He says plainly that he would have fainted unless he had believed to see "the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." Notice what held him up. It was not an answer, because the answer had not come yet. It was the conviction that God's goodness would show up here, in this life, in time, and not only in heaven someday. Waiting on the Lord is not passive; the Hebrew word carries the tension of a rope pulled taut, hope under load. And a promise rides alongside the command: "he shall strengthen thine heart" while you wait, not only after. The answer is coming. The strength is already here.
By the MinuteHomily editors
A prayer for this moment
Lord, I've prayed this so long. Strengthen my heart in the meantime, and let me see Your goodness in the land of the living. Amen.
“Patience obtains all things; God does not change.”
St. Teresa of Ávila
Hymns for this moment
“Wait for the Lord” · Taizé chant
“O God, Our Help in Ages Past” · Isaac Watts
One small step
Keep a written record: today's date, the prayer, and "still waiting, still believing."
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