Feb 3, 2021 … Worth Waiting

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 34 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from John Waller singing … While I’m Waiting …  Poignantly singing of how we wait patiently on God’s ways and His will for our lives. 

Perpetual Stew in Thailand ... worth waiting for !! 

 

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Highlight Passage:   Habakkuk 2:3 [ESV] ... 

3 “For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.  

… God’s ways often seem slow in coming; but they are ALWAYS worth the wait.           

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Habakkuk 1:12-2:4 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God helps Habakkuk (and us) see that patiently waiting on God’s way, amidst confusion, is worth the wait.  

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 27:14   [ESV] ... 

14 …Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!  

…  King David sings of knowing that choosing to wait  on God is worth the wait.    

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 30:18   [ESV] ... 

18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you.   For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Hm.

…  God, thru Isaiah, promises blessing on all those who’re willing to wait on Him.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:12  [ESV] ... 

12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.    

…  Paul exhorts fellow Christians to be patient during the trials of life, being constant in our prayers to follow God’s ways. 

Reference Passage: … 2Peter 3:8-10  [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter teaches oppressed Christians that God’s way may seem slow to us; but His day will come … in HIS timing … not ours.   

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, James Banks, AT THIS LINK uses the award-winning “perpetual stew,” (see photo) which has been cooking in a Bangkok restaurant for over 45 years, to illustrate how it is often worth it to wait on some things in life. 

And then, the ODB author used the story of Habakkuk in the OT to show that waiting on God and His ways can be confounding and confusing at times; but as Habakkuk learned, it’s best to patiently wait on God to let His will unfold … in God’s timing, not as we might want things to transpire.  

We’re impatient and selfish creatures, aren’t we?   And that’s why I so identify with Habakkuk’s confusion.  I look around, and like the Prophet, and I’m confused by what’s going on.  But I’ve learned, as did Habakkuk, and what John Waller sings in the linked song about waiting on God’s will and His ways is ALWAYS worth it.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for Your ways which are ALWAYS best. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me, …to sit patiently and wait on God’s ways.   … Amen

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