Today's Devotion

WAIT PATIENTLY FOR GOD'S APPOINTED TIME
Psalms 40:1-2
I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

REFLECTIONS
1. Today's children of God desire that we don't experience any difficulties, challenges, hardships in life or God answers our prayers immediately we request something from God... But David waited upon the Lord without immediate answer. Here, the answer is stated: He turned to me, and heard my cry. David waited diligently, earnestly, patiently and perseveringly, until God helped or answered him.

2. The word "turned" has the sense of God being close to David in his affliction, removing any perceived distance between the Lord and His servant. When God seems a million miles away from us, let us have faith in Him and wait patiently.

3. The patient waiting resulted in the David’s feeling that God was bending over him and listening to his cry. If the answer has not come, please continue to ask and wait patiently. God will turn to us in our affliction and He will surely put a new song in our mouths to sing to His glory.

Blessed and Fruitful Thursday.