More on Waiting for the LORD in Isaiah

I'm reading the Bible in one year and the Old Testament reading for Sep 5 is Isaiah 8:11-10:19.

"I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in him." - Isaiah 8:17 (NIV)

Waiting for the LORD means putting our trust in Him. It is not a passive resignation to "fate", but an active reliance on God's sovereignty and goodness!

Discovering God's Will in Waiting

All impatience can be traced back to a disbelief in God's ultimate goodness. That is why, if we are to appreciate the wisdom of God's guidance, it is important for us to understand not only the nature of his guidance, but the character of the Guide himself. Trust him for his goodness, and we will trust him for his guidance!

- Sinclair B. Ferguson, Discovering God's Will

Faith is not a blind, frenzied belief that God will do exactly what I'm insisting He do. It isn't asking for things I badly want, then expecting God to grant them regardless of His own wisdom and judgment.

Faith is trusting God even when He doesn't answer our prayers as we'd hoped. It rests in the confidence that His plan for us is best even if, at the time, we can't see how it could be so. As we grow in Christ, we also come to understand that faith is seeking God's will through His Word and prayer, then waiting before Him with sanctified insistence until our needs are granted.

- Robert J. Morgan, The Promise: God Works All Things Together for Your Good

Link: Waiting for the LORD in Isaiah (23 Aug 10)