Whenever I see a verse about “waiting,” it jumps off the page at me now! Isaiah 30:18 says, “Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.”
Does God wait to see if we’ll wait on Him? Staying with the story of Moses (and after bouncing this
off my prayer partners), you’ll remember that when God called him to come up the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments, Moses waited six days—and then God spoke on the seventh day. Moses waited…and God was gracious to him. God is exalted when we wait on Him.
Meanwhile, back at camp, Aaron had been told to lead the people. They waited…and then they didn’t. When Moses didn’t come back in a timely manner, they constructed a golden calf to be their god. Because they didn’t wait…and because they disobeyed (so quickly!), God punished them.
Does God wait to see if we’ll wait on Him? Is that what the waiting is for—to test our obedience and commitment?
He wants to have mercy on you. Wait. You’ll be blessed!
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