Waiting on the Lord

   A dear friend of mine shared with me the following poem, and it greatly encouraged me to pursue in one of the most challenging areas of life, waiting upon the Lord!  Please, take a moment and read the following. 

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, 'Child, you must 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 am claiming your word."

"My future and all to which I can 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"

"And Lord, you promised that if we believe 

We need but 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 once again, "You must wait." 

So, I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut

And grumbled to God, "So I am waiting...for WHAT?" 

He seemed then to kneel and His eyes wept 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. 

All you seek, I could give, and pleased you would be. 

You would have what you want...but you wouldn't know ME." 

"You don't 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 the 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 were all you could see. 

"You'd never experience that fullness of love

As the peace of my Spirit descends like a dove; 

You'd know that I have and I save...(for a start), 

But you'd not know the depth of the beat in 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 asked

Of 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 dreams for your loved ones overnight would come true, 

But, oh, the loss!  If I lost what I'm doing in you!" 

"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see 

THAT THE GREATEST OF GIFTS IS TO GET TO KNOW ME, 

And though oft may my answers is still but to WAIT.

"And though oft My answers seem terribly late, 

My most precious answer of all is still, WAIT!" 

Poem by

~Russel Kelfer~

Trust and wait upon the Lord dear friends because in this process, we have the privilege of getting to know Him better!  Have a great weekend! 

~Grow in Grace~

(2 Peter 3:18)