Wait!

08 Apr

Susan Merritt, PhD Christian Living, Weekly Devotional 0

Psalm 27:14 speaks in new ways to me at this point in my life: “Wait on the LORD. Be of good courage and He shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say, on the LORD.” After several years of continuous writing, publishing, and marketing, I have come to a crossroads. The Lord seems to be redirecting my ministry.

Recently someone called this place “God’s Waiting Room”. In God’s waiting room is Bible study, reflection, and prayer ‒ lots of prayer! And I have been here before. I know from experience that I have to let go of all else in order to move forward again.

Over the years Isaiah 43:18-19 has become meaningful to my husband and me: “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” I am again looking for the new thing as I move into a new season of life. All of my Devotionals remain on my website so you can go back and read them if you want; but I will not be adding new material for awhile.

Writing this weekly Devotional has brought me great pleasure and others have expressed how helpful it has been. As I move forward I would like to think I will resume it at some point, but only God knows where He is leading me. I simply have to wait on His direction with open hands, loosing my grasp on all that would hinder my embracing the new thing God has for me.

My prayer right now is Psalm 25:4-5: “Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me. For thou art the God of my salvation. On thee do I wait all the day.”