OCTOBER 19, 2015
Waiting for an Answer
Read:
Psalm
9:1-10
Those
who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who
seek you. — Psalm 9:10
When our daughter was 15, she ran away. She was gone more than 3
weeks. Those were the longest 3 weeks of our lives. We looked everywhere for
her and sought help from law enforcement and friends. During those desperate
days, my wife and I learned the importance of waiting on God in prayer. We had
come to the end of our strength and resources. We had to rely on God.
It was on a Father’s Day that we found her. We were in a
restaurant parking lot, on our way to dinner, when the phone rang. A waitress
at another restaurant had spotted her. Our daughter was only three blocks away.
We soon had her home, safe and sound.
Waiting on God is never easy, but no matter the end result, it
is always worth it.
We have to wait on God when we pray. We may not know how or when
He will answer, but we can put our hearts constantly before Him in prayer.
Sometimes the answers to our prayers don’t come when we would hope. Things may
even go from bad to worse. But we have to persevere, keep believing, and keep
asking.
Waiting is never easy, but the end result, whatever it is, will
be worth it. David put it this way: “Those who know your name trust in you, for
you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you” (Ps. 9:10). Keep seeking.
Keep trusting. Keep asking. Keep praying.
What’s on your heart
that you need to talk to God about today? Will you trust Him and keep praying?
Time spent in prayer is always time
well spent.
INSIGHT:
Psalm 9 is a song of David that captures the
stress and pressure he was under at the time he composed it. While we are not
given the specific incidents that triggered the writing of these words, we can
feel the heat of the trials he was experiencing. In the first section of the
song (vv. 1-12), David is praising God for His rescue and protection. These are
words of faith directed to the listener of the song. The second half of the psalm
(vv. 13-20), however, shows a heart filled with fear and speaks directly to God
Himself. Bill Crowder
Source: Our Daily Bread 2015
