If there’s a guarantee not to fail, it’s this!

As I was with a group on of people on Sunday night listening to God’s Spirit together, someone began to talk about waiting on the Lord. That’s never been one of my favorite subjects because I’d rather get going in my own power than wait around for God’s presence.

As she spoke a picture came to my mind. I saw a man sitting peacefully in a recliner. He was all by himself on the deck of a cruise ship. The words came to my mind, “That’s to wait on the Lord.”

Suddenly I realized that waiting on the Lord isn’t just being inactive. It’s to wait in God’s motion — to rely and to depend on God’s action instead of on my own efforts.

The man in the ship is going to get to the right destination because he is waiting patiently in the ship and relying on its motion to transport him. As he waits, he is being moved closer and closer to his destiny. Instead of trusting in his own actions, the man is trusting in the action of the ship.

When that image dropped into my mind, I was greatly encouraged. As I shared it with the other people present it encouraged them, too.

That’s how the body of Christ can wait on the Lord together. Instead of relying on a plan or a program when we meet together for worship, we can all listen to the Holy Spirit and rely on Him to individually speak to us. Then we can openly share the thoughts, images, Bible verses, feelings, and promptings that He deposits in our heart and thereby demonstrate the reality and presence of the risen Jesus to one another.

Gather in Christ’s name with a group of people. Wait on the motion of His Spirit. Then see for yourself how Jesus moves you forward as you wait on the Lord.

Instead of
Rushing straight
Out of the gate
With your plans
In your hands
Learn to wait
On the Lord
And His timing
And refining.
Let Him heal your soul
And make you whole.
That’s life’s main goal.
That’s life’s main goal.