Do you struggle with patience while waiting on the LORD? It’s not a problem with you, it’s a problem with mankind.
When Moses was on Mount Sinai with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights (Exodus 24,32), the Israelites had a hard time waiting for his return. In fact, their impatience caused them to do the very thing that God had instructed them not to do. They fashioned their own god in the form of the golden calf to “go before them” on their way to the promised land. This is important because the LORD himself had promised to go before them in angelic form.
With all these promise-laden instructions, why was it so hard to be patient? They couldn’t see their intercessor, he had been gone a long time, and no one stood up to confront their misdirection, but ultimately their actions revealed what was in their hearts.
Before we get too tough on God’s chosen people we may want to consider our own struggles. When trials get long and it seems like we are going nowhere, we too can be quick to fashion a solution with our own hands. The action we most needed was to continue to wait on the LORD. He has a plan. Waiting can feel like God doesn’t see, it can feel long, and it can lead us to take matters into our own hands.
Dear One, sometimes the action you need to take is to continue to patiently wait on the hand of God. The hand that holds time also fashions the very best plans for your life.