my interference.
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
My soul waits in hope for the Lord.
Psalm 130:5-6a
Have you ever waited in hope for something or for someone? In great anticipation? Just hoping that you will be able to experience that something or see that someone.
This Psalm is such a good prayer to cry out to the Lord. Lord, I will wait for you. I will completely and wholly wait for you. My soul will wait in anticipation of experiencing you and seeing you move and work as only you can!
There are so many times I can get too far ahead, assuming what my next move should be, and I forget to wait on the Lord. But the thing is, He is the only one who can fully satisfy our souls. So if I get ahead of Him, I’m not actually allowing Him to be the provider and satisfier of my soul. I miss the blessing of being fully satisfied by Him. And in the end, I may not experience full satisfaction because I’ve moved ahead of Him. While it may not be intentional I’ve ultimately dismissed His plan as the best plan for me, and taken it upon myself to carry out “the plan” that He started. “Thanks God, but I’ve got it from here.” (Again, I may not consciously think this, but it’s what my actions state).
I want to be someone who waits with hope to see how the Lord will respond, work, move, speak, lead so I can fully experience His best plan without my interference!
I don’t want to take a step without Him. I want to step with His direction, not ahead of Him.
I’ve discovered that when I anticipate what happens next, or what the next page looks like, I fixate on that preconceived idea of what God’s plan may be. The problem with that is I could miss His plan altogether if I’m so focused on the one thing that could be in His plan, but that He hasn’t actually revealed to me yet.
Be encouraged! Allow God to lead every step. Don’t’ make any assumptions about His plan. Be present in what He’s revealed so far, and ready for His next best step in the plans and purpose He has uniquely prepared for each of us.
