Wait
by Russell Kelfer
by Russell Kelfer
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I plead and I wept for a clue to my fate . . .
And the Master so gently said, "Wait."
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I plead and I wept for a clue to my fate . . .
And the Master so gently said, "Wait."
"Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word.
"My future and all to which I relate
Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?
I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.
Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?
I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.
"You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply."
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply."
Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate,
As my Master replied again, "Wait."
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting for what?"
As my Master replied again, "Wait."
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting for what?"
He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine . . .
and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.
and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.
"I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.
You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.
You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.
"You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence are all you can see.
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence are all you can see.
"You'd never experience the fullness of love
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
"The glow of my comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.
"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But, oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you.
What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But, oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you.
"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still . . . Wait."
This poem really opened up my eyes to what God is doing in my life. Which is having me WAIT. Waiting for a man, waiting for a career, even waiting on summer palns. The first time I read this Iw as really strugglind with the stage of life I was in which was singleness. Then I dated a great guy and the Lord really taught me a lot through that and now I am single again. One thing I have learned about myself is that waiting is not something I do well. I like action, I like planning. I have had a hard time over the last few months wrapping my mind around the plan that God has for me. Since it seems like there really is no plan at this point in my life. I ahve been struggling because I think I know what should be happening in my life and I want this or that to be true of myself. As always I want things to go my way and I think I know what needs to be happening in my life. Who needs to be in my life, the job that I need to have once I graduate. But this is not how the Lord works and He has been showing me this ever since I got back from Christmas break. This last Thursday Smoky said something that hit home for me. He said "You must be willing to stay single for a life time instead of settling for far less then God's best for you." Now he was talking about marriage and this is important to wait on the Lord for a husband and that is something I am continually giving to the Lord. But I took this to apple to so much more then just marriage. I need to be willing to wait on a job, wait on a career, wait on a family, wait on going overseas etc instead of rushing my plans and it not being what God has for me!!
Psalm 19:21 "Many are the plans in a man's heart,
but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails."
I have many desires for my life but this verse makes it very clear that the Lord's will is going to trump anything that I have in mind. If what I want and what the Lord has planned don't line up then He is going to make me wait. I pray that my desires will line up with the will of God for me life!! THis is soemthing that I must be striving for.
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still . . . Wait."
This poem really opened up my eyes to what God is doing in my life. Which is having me WAIT. Waiting for a man, waiting for a career, even waiting on summer palns. The first time I read this Iw as really strugglind with the stage of life I was in which was singleness. Then I dated a great guy and the Lord really taught me a lot through that and now I am single again. One thing I have learned about myself is that waiting is not something I do well. I like action, I like planning. I have had a hard time over the last few months wrapping my mind around the plan that God has for me. Since it seems like there really is no plan at this point in my life. I ahve been struggling because I think I know what should be happening in my life and I want this or that to be true of myself. As always I want things to go my way and I think I know what needs to be happening in my life. Who needs to be in my life, the job that I need to have once I graduate. But this is not how the Lord works and He has been showing me this ever since I got back from Christmas break. This last Thursday Smoky said something that hit home for me. He said "You must be willing to stay single for a life time instead of settling for far less then God's best for you." Now he was talking about marriage and this is important to wait on the Lord for a husband and that is something I am continually giving to the Lord. But I took this to apple to so much more then just marriage. I need to be willing to wait on a job, wait on a career, wait on a family, wait on going overseas etc instead of rushing my plans and it not being what God has for me!!
Psalm 19:21 "Many are the plans in a man's heart,
but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails."
I have many desires for my life but this verse makes it very clear that the Lord's will is going to trump anything that I have in mind. If what I want and what the Lord has planned don't line up then He is going to make me wait. I pray that my desires will line up with the will of God for me life!! THis is soemthing that I must be striving for.
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