Waiting to Be Gracious

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you... blessed are all they that wait for him (Isaiah 30:18).

We must not only think of our waiting upon God, but also of what is more wonderful still, of God's waiting upon us. The vision of Him waiting on us, will give new impulse and inspiration to our waiting upon Him. It will give us unspeakable confidence that our waiting cannot be in vain. Let us seek even now, at this moment, in the spirit of waiting on God, to find out something of what it means.

He has inconceivably glorious purposes concerning every one of His children. And you ask, "How is it, if He waits to be gracious, that even after I come and wait upon Him, He does not give the. help I seek, but waits on longer and longer?" God is a wise husbandman, "who waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it." He cannot gather the fruit till it is ripe. He knows when we are spiritually ready to receive the blessing to our profit and His glory. Waiting in the sunshine of His love is what will ripen the soul for His blessing. Waiting under the cloud of trial, that breaks in showers of blessings, is as needful.

Be assured that if God waits longer than you could wish, it is only to make the blessing doubly precious. God waited four thousand years, till the fullness of time, ere He sent His Son. Our times are in His hands; He will avenge His elect speedily; He will make haste for our help, and not delay one hour too long.
--Andrew Murray

It is important for believers to understand the vastness of God’s wisdom. His infinite wisdom and knowledge extend so far beyond our own limited perspicacity that we can’t fathom His movements in our lives. They just don’t make sense.

As Andrew Murray so eloquently stated, what we consider delay is God’s ripening process. God’s wisdom will not allow him to bestow blessings on us that we are not yet prepared to receive. Oh, we have convinced ourselves that we are ready, but God knows otherwise. There is never any wasted movement in God’s activity. Even His silence has purpose. So, when He waits to be gracious to you, it has purpose.

Dr. Rick Wallace

Many times others have to be ripened as well. There are people on your periphery that are a part of God’s blessing process for you, and they must be properly prepared as well.

Some of you have been waiting for your breakthrough for what seems like an eternity. Your season of darkness seems endless; but don’t allow the darkness to create anxiety for God dwells in the darkness (1 Kings 8:12). Even when you can’t see or sense His movement, He is there. When your day is filled with loneliness, he is there. Though your moment seems to tarry, wait for it. Wait with patience, expectation and anticipation of the great things that He will do.

God is moving in the midst of your moment. He has not failed you. He has not forgotten about you. He is aware of the smallest of details and He is waiting to be gracious to you. ~ Dr. Rick Wallace